also clapped out
If you describe a person or a machine as ~, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...his ~ old car.
...clapped out comedians.
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
also clapped out
If you describe a person or a machine as ~, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...his ~ old car.
...clapped out comedians.
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012