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threadbare
Pronunciation: ⁄ˈθrɛdbɛː⁄
adjective
·              (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age:tatty rooms with threadbare carpets
·   (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance:we huddle round a cassette deck in a threadbare rehearsal room
·   (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective:the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés
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