'Threadbare' definitions:

Definition of 'threadbare'

From: WordNet
adjective
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]
adjective
Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

Definition of 'Threadbare'

From: GCIDE
  • Threadbare \Thread"bare`\, a.
  • 1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

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