outworn

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Yet more than one pair of these have I outworn, and many more shall I outwear ere my journeys are ended.

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  • And so it was indeed; and if the mirror was fogged and dull and outworn, and if the dress that it reflected was not of plum or amber velvet, one still might fancy that she was a loyalist daughter whose fortunes were fallen with her master's. —  The Nebuly Coat
  • Yet I, at least, keep faith, and in your face I fling faith like a glove--outworn, it may be, and, God knows, unclean! —  Chivalry
  • Lepanto was a name outworn. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
  • There were two days of suspense to be outworn, and if he could have compassed it he would have been glad to efface himself completely. —  The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
  • Yet I, at least, keep faith, and in your face I fling faith like a glove--outworn, it may be, and God knows, unclean! —  Chivalry
 

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