wore-out
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I've darned many a 'eartfelt prayer into a wore-out pair o' stockin's before now an' offered up many a petition t' the Throne o' grace with my scrubbin' brush sloshin' over the floor.
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery
Tell you what: me and Doanie'll let you both rest them poor little wore-out arms right now!
From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen
His buying those wore-out mines and saying he’s going to make the Forest is damaging evidence against him.
From At the Crossroads by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
It's an ole wore-out horn nobody wants, and it's mine, I tell you!
From Penrod and Sam by Tarkington, Booth
"It do seem a pity he ben't a young orphan female instead of a wore-out old man, for then he cud move on into Barradine Home and be fed on the best for naught."
From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.
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