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shopworn

[shop-wawrn, ‑-wohrn] / ˈʃɒpˌwɔrn, ‑ˌwoʊrn /
ADJECTIVE
overused
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Shopworn as it is, it may be more apropos than we think.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2010

The Shopworn Angel: A chorus girl and a soldier, without a happy ending.

From Time Magazine Archive

As it emerges from its previous tellings, The Shopworn Angel is still a tear jerker in the grand manner�simple, senile and heroically sentimental.

From Time Magazine Archive




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