Overused, like old shoes or a favorite shirt might be |
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Showing use |
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Used by a non-commissioned officer (naval) (4) |
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Like bald tires |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2024 |
Tattered, say |
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Haggard |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Jan 2024 |
Showing the effects of much use |
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Tattered, as a shirt |
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Threadbare or haggard |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Dec 2023 |
__ out; exhausted |
Commuter |
05 Dec 2023 |
Assumed choice of directions |
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Tattered |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2023 |
___ out jeans (old) |
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Like bald tires |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2023 |
Shabby, but put on |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
Needing a pants patch |
Newsday |
22 May 2023 |
Threadbare |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2023 |
Exhausted, with "out" (rhymes with "born") |
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Frayed or tattered |
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Frayed and tired |
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Exhausted, with "out" |
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Frayed |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Nov 2022 |
Shabby |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Oct 2022 |
___ out (tired) |
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Shabby |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2022 |
Shabby |
The Washington Post |
12 May 2022 |
Showing signs of use |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Mar 2022 |
Threadbare; tired |
The Times Concise |
17 Jan 2022 |
Frayed |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2021 |
Frayed or tattered |
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Frayed |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2021 |
Frayed |
The Washington Post |
10 Oct 2021 |
Needing patching |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2021 |
Tired |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2021 |
Like the clothes you previously had on |
Family Time |
25 Jul 2021 |
Showing signs of age |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2021 |
Showing signs of age |
The Washington Post |
24 Jul 2021 |
Carried on one's service, without getting ahead |
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Weathered, say |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2021 |
Frayed and tired |
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Frayed |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2021 |
Frayed so? |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2021 |
Threadbare |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2020 |
Threadbare |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2020 |
Shabby Republican cuts present up |
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Starting to fray |
Newsday |
17 May 2020 |
Showing signs of use |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2020 |
__-out: exhausted |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2020 |
__-out: exhausted |
The Washington Post |
23 Mar 2020 |
In need of patching |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2020 |
In need of patching |
The Washington Post |
03 Mar 2020 |
Like clothing that needs to be replaced |
Family Time |
02 Mar 2020 |
Well-used |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2020 |
Well-used |
The Washington Post |
21 Feb 2020 |
Threadbare |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Feb 2020 |
Dog-eared |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2019 |
Frayed |
Newsday |
22 Dec 2019 |
Like old tires |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Nov 2019 |
Frayed |
Premier Sunday |
10 Nov 2019 |
___ out (tired) |
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Frayed |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2019 |
Frayed |
The Washington Post |
11 Aug 2019 |
Needing a patch |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2019 |
__ out (needing to be replaced) |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2019 |
Damaged as a result of much use |
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Frayed, as clothing |
New York Times |
27 May 2019 |
Exhausted |
The New Yorker |
20 May 2019 |
Showing signs of use |
USA Today |
02 May 2019 |
Exhausted |
Jonesin |
26 Mar 2019 |
Threadbare |
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Showing signs of use |
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Frayed |
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Needing a patch |
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Frayed, as clothing |
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Visibly well-used, like an old pair of shoes |
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Unlike new clothes |
The Washington Post |
18 Jun 2018 |
Unlike new clothes |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2018 |
Slightly tattered |
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Threadbare |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2018 |
Threadbare |
The Washington Post |
11 Apr 2018 |
Showing signs of overuse |
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Threadbare |
Premier Sunday |
25 Feb 2018 |
Threadbare |
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Unlike new clothes |
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Tattered |
New York Times |
19 Dec 2017 |
Frayed |
Family Time |
06 Aug 2017 |
___ out jeans (old) |
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Tattered |
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Frayed |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Dec 2016 |
Bald, as tires |
Universal |
20 Oct 2016 |
No longer new, as clothing |
Universal |
12 Oct 2016 |
Corroded |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2016 |
Past its prime |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2016 |
Showing signs of age |
New York Times |
21 Feb 2016 |
In need of patching |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2015 |
Shabby |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2015 |
Frayed |
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Shabby |
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Sported |
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Threadbare |
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In need of patching |
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Weather-beaten |
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Hardly new-looking |
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Tattered |
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Threadbare |
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Weathered |
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In need of a patch |
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Hardly new-looking |
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Threadbare |
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Put on alert by the sound of it … |
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Showing signs of use |
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Like secondhand clothing |
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Tattered |
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Hardly new-looking |
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Tattered |
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Frazzled |
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No longer mint |
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Showing overuse |
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Needing patching |
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Starting to come apart |
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Slightly tattered |
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No longer mint |
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Old-looking |
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Showing signs of use |
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Frayed |
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Like bald tires |
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A bit beat-up |
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Threadbare |
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Bald, as tires |
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Frazzled |
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Frayed, say |
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Spent |
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Tattered |
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Frayed |
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Dog-eared |
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Dog-eared |
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Needing a patch |
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Hardly new-looking |
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Sported |
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Shabby from use |
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Tuckered (out) |
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Threadbare |
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Eroded |
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Frayed |
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Had on |
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Haggard |
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Dog-eared |
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Showing the effects of overwork |
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Threadbare |
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Shabby |
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In need of patching, e.g. |
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Dog-eared |
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Frayed |
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Threadbare |
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In need of rotation, possibly |
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Secondhand |
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Weathered |
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Ready for patching |
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Slightly tattered |
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Threadbare |
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Dog-eared |
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Threadbare |
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Needing a patch |
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Needing patches |
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Needing a patch |
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With 70-Across, tired |
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Put on |
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Fatigued |
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Hackneyed |
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Needing patches |
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Haggard |
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Spent |
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Needing patches |
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Beat-up |
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Sported |
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Hackneyed |
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In need of patching |
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Overworked |
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Frayed |
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Secondhand |
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Damaged by use |
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Overworked |
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Fatigued, with "out" |
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Secondhand |
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Used |
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Used |
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No longer new |
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Exhausted |
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Eroded |
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___ out (exhausted) |
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Exhausted |
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Like old tires |
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Shabby |
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Spent |
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Exhausted. |
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Shabby. |
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Threadbare. |
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On the person, as a garment. |
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Spent. |
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The worse for wear. |
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Fatigued. |
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Secondhand. |
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Hackneyed. |
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Second-hand. |
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Shop-___. |
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Wearied or exhausted. |
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Impaired by use. |
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Beat-up |
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