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twice-told

[twahys-tohld]
–adjective
having been told before; related two times.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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twice-told   (twīs'tōld')
adj.  Very familiar because of repeated telling: "'Tis hard to . . . lend fresh interest to a twice-told tale" (Byron).
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