wore-out

American  

[wawr-out, wohr-] / ˈwɔrˈaʊt, ˈwoʊr- /

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. worn-out.

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Example Sentences

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 Lippmann, Julie Mathilde

An’ what is the noise I hear save one them wore-out hurdy-gurdies, that do be roamin’ the country over, soon’s ever the town gets too hot to hold ’em?

From A Sunny Little Lass by Raymond, Evelyn

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

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

The mother she come near 'bout up to my shoulder and was thin and wore-out lookin'.

From The Man in Lonely Land by Bosher, Kate Langley