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shop⋅worn

  [shop-wawrn, ‑wohrn]
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–adjective
1. worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
2. trite; hackneyed.
Origin:
1870–75; shop + worn
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shop·worn   (shŏp'wôrn', -wōrn')   
adj.  
  1. Tarnished, frayed, faded, or otherwise defective from being on display in a store.
  2. Worn-out, as from overuse; trite: shopworn anecdotes.
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Shopworn

Shop"worn`\, a. Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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