threadbare phrase

NOUN

cliché

Synonyms

WEAK

adage banality boiler plate bromide buzzword chestnut commonplace corn counterword familiar tune motto old story platitude potboiler prosaism proverb saying shibboleth slogan stale saying stereotype trite remark triteness triviality truism vapid expression

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threadbare phrase

"I've always done my duty by him," she continued, returning to the threadbare phrase that was ever present in her mind.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert

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