hard wear
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For the most part, their clothes were plainly made and showed signs of hard wear.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
In fact it is stronger than is necessary for any except very heavy books which receive hard wear.
From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey
He had ridden into town alone; Tottie, who usually accompanied him, had remained at home to attend, as she informed him, to the ravages her wardrobe had sustained through the hard wear of the veld.
From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young
Some of the wagons had not broken down accidentally or through hard wear, but had been tampered with by the drivers.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Henry Charles Moore
It cannot be regarded as an economical fur, as the pelt is too delicate to resist hard wear.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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