wore-out
Americanadjective
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The first crowd in July swapped their wore-out scrub stock for our good stock.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration
Well, the poor man come in afther a bit,' says the Gout, 'an' I slipped in through a crack in his owld wore-out brogue, an' into his toe.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
The mother she come near 'bout up to my shoulder and was thin and wore-out lookin'.
From The Man in Lonely Land by Kate Langley Bosher
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 Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
In the mean time—an' it is a mean time for you, you poor, wore-out child—I've some things here, hot an' tasty, that'll encourage your stummick, no matter how it's turned on some other things.
From Martha By-the-Day by Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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