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Definition of Threadbere

Thread"bare` (?), a. 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 quotations. Swift.

Thread"bare` (?), a. 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 quotations. Swift.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
  • (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
  • (of speech) banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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