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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
threadbare/worn (= very thin and in bad condition )
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It was a dingy room with a threadbare carpet.
worn out
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You must be absolutely worn out.
worn smooth
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The stone steps had been worn smooth .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be worn to a frazzle
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We were worn to a frazzle after our last-minute Christmas shopping.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
well
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John Smith, once everyone's favourite, looks like assuming the same well worn cloak.
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But there are a few well worn examples which have clearly seen action although not for law and order.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lying on the hospital bed, Pete looked worn and fragile.
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Paula handed me several worn dollar bills.
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The brake pads are very worn .
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There was a worn Persian rug on the parquet floor.
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We used to cut up worn blankets to make sleeping bags for the children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A worn braid feels rough and is best cut away and the line joined by a blood knot.
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A second woman was folding worn sweaters and putting them away in a scratched wardrobe.
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He thought he could hear footsteps now, nailed boots scuffing on worn stone.
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The worn crazy paving provides a soft and very unobtrusive backdrop.
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The cement floor was covered by a worn brown linoleum.