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   threadbare
   [adj] - having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=threadbare
   
   
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   Threadbare
   Thread'bare` adjective 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. 'A threadbare cope.' Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/48
   
   
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   Threadbare
   • (a.) Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. • (a.) Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/threadbare/
   
   
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   threadbare
   1) Banal 2) Commonplace 3) Hackneyed 4) Old-hat 5) Ragged 6) Ragged, as a garment 7) Shabby 8) Shopworn 9) Stock 10) Tattered 11) Timeworn 12) Tired 13) Trite 14) Unoriginal 15) Unravelled 16)...
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/threadbare/1
   
   

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