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Webster 1828 Edition

Thredbare

THRED'BARE

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Adj.

[thread and bare.] Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; as a threadbare coat; threadbare clothes.

1.

Worn out; trite; hackneyed; used till it has lost its novelty or interest; as a threadbare subject; state topics and threadbare quotations.