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Became Threadbare Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is WORE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• impairment resulting from long use

• a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

• the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment

verb

• be dressed in

• have on one's person

• have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality

• deteriorate through use or stress

• have or show an appearance of

• last and be usable

• go to pieces

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• put clothing on one's body

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23%8Threadbare
adjective satellite

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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New York Times01 Feb 2022 Across 38
New York Times11 Mar 2015 Down 1
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