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Adjective: threadbare  'thred`behr
  1. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
    "repeating threadbare jokes"
    - banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn [N. Amer], stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn, shop-soiled [Brit]
     
  2. Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
    "threadbare rugs"

See also: unoriginal, worn

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Thraupidae
thread
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thread maker
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threaded
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threadfin
threadfish
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threadleaf groundsel
threadlike
threads
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