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well-worn

[wel-wawrn, -wohrn]
–adjective
1. showing the effects of extensive use or wear: well-worn carpets.
2. trite, hackneyed, or stale: a well-worn saying.
3. fittingly or becomingly worn or borne: a well-worn reserve that never seems haughty.

Origin:
1615–25
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