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timeworn

[ tahym-wawrn, -wohrn ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn /

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adjective

worn or impaired by time.

showing the effects of age or antiquity; antiquated: timeworn farming methods.

commonplace; trite; hackneyed: a timeworn excuse.

Origin of timeworn

First recorded in 1720–30; time + worn

Words nearby timeworn

timescale, timeserver, timespan, timetable, timework, timeworn, timid, timing, timing belt, timing chain, timing gear

Example sentences from the Web for time-worn

And the “Milk & Cookie Shot,” sometimes referred to as the “chocolate chip cookie shot,” is a unique spin on a time-worn classic.

Chef Dominique Ansel Discusses His Latest Mouthwatering Creation, the Milk & Cookie Shot, at SXSW |Marlow Stern |March 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Earning the gratitude of lobbyists is a time-worn practice in politics.

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My late grandfather, Reb Zalman Serebryanski, would repeat the time-worn adage “a Chassid is a soldat (soldier).”

What Peter Beinart Gets Wrong About Chabad |David Werdiger |July 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Literary quotations and time-worn stereotypes exert a deplorable influence on our thinking.

Psychoanalysis |Andr Tridon

The key is kept by a ghoulish old dame, almost as time-worn and mildewed as the tomb over which she watches.

Tales of Old Japan |Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
Jules sat beside Melinda to be comforted He wept for Honor, and praised his boy, gasconading with time-worn boasts.

The Mothers Of Honor |Mary Hartwell Catherwood
It was not long before they were on the time-worn topic, the war of the sexes.

The Gay Adventure |Richard Bird
It brightens up the old, time-worn barns, and relieves the monotony of grey stone walls and mossy roofs in the Cotswold village.

A Cotswold Village |J. Arthur Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for time-worn

timeworn

/ (ˈtaɪmˌwɔːn) /

adjective

showing the adverse effects of overlong use or of old age

hackneyed; trite