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Meanings of shopworn in English

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.

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Worn or faded from being on display in a store.

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Usage of shopworn in English
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His tone changed, became less puckish; he elegized diversity with a shopworn .
The new yorker
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There's the shopworn military cliche about every soldier being a sensor.
Wired
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Instead, he attacked Obama's healthcare law with shopworn Republican campaign themes.
Reuters
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Chuckling owners trade these quips, each as shopworn as the tools scattered about.
BBC
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They age badly for one thing and quickly look shopworn.
The Guardian
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Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics.
The maltese falcon
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Even in these shopworn quotations the power still remains.
Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism [First Series]
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I did not want to have a shopworn phrase.
Reuters
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Mr. Benson commented on the cheesecake, and Doctor Papineau chimed in with his shopworn joke.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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She sank into a chair, looking a bit shopworn.
Right Ho, Jeeves
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They were all a little shopworn and weathered, with narrow windows and flimsy iron balconies.
Happiness key
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Go into any rental store's cult section and you'll find shopworn copies of numerous Meyer films.
Big bosoms and square jaws
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He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth as though he had hayfever.
A Farewell to Arms
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But it was very deeply buried, that ragged, shopworn decency-deeplyenough he had no difficulty ignoring it.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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They're a bit shopworn, probably-butwe're considerably better off with 'em in our hands than in hers.
The Moon Pool
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Such a simple, brown hat she found, a little shopworn; the long, warm coat she bought matched perfectly.
Old Valentines / A Love Story
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Shopworn through the time