wear threadbare
Example Sentences
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These children usually wear threadbare hand-me-downs already passed through several rounds of siblings.
From Salon • May 28, 2015
It could wear threadbare cotton garments more threadbare; it could do with a daily bowlful less of rice.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a task to wear threadbare the teacher's patience and to do all kinds of things to the temper.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
Her husband's coat had seen long service, but it was neatly brushed and darned, and the ability to wear threadbare clothing with distinction was not the least of Edgar Poe's talents.
From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Stanard, Mary Newton
It was a fixed principle of his life to dress as well as his neighbours when they could see him, but to wear threadbare garments whenever he could do so unobserved.
From Sant' Ilario by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
