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weatherworn

[ weth-er-wawrn, -wohrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

weatherworn

/ ˈwɛðəˌwɔːn /

First recorded in 1600–10; weather + worn

In Fort Lee, New Jersey, perched high above the Hudson River, is a white, slightly weatherworn building.

It would be difficult in that weatherworn hull to recognise the trim full-rigged ship that left the Hoogly many months before.

On their packs hung dusty, weatherworn canteens, a pick and shovel, and a rifle in its soiled and frayed scabbard.

A large diamond ring on his weatherworn and sinewy finger suggested that this jewelry was 36 probably only worn on occasions.

But this song came from neither of the weatherworn steersmen, nor from the stolid members of their half-breed crew.

Only the larger of the fallen trunks remain, and these are rotten except for a few seasoned and weatherworn shells.

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