shopworn cliches

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• shopworn — adjective Date: 1838 1. faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store 2. stale from excessive use or familiarity < shopworn clichés > 3. worn out < a shopworn veteran > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hackneyed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trite, stale, used, banal, commonplace. See habit. Ant., new; profound. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. worn out, old, trite; see common 1 , dull 4 . See Synonym Study at trite . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• shop·worn — /ˈʃɑːpˌwoɚn/ adj US 1 : faded or damaged from being in a shop or store for too long shopworn [=(Brit) shop soiled] books/goods 2 : not interesting because of being used too often shopworn [=(Brit) …   Useful english dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium