THREADBARE

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." Chaucer.

2.
a.

Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. Swift.

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