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hackneyed
(encz) | hackneyed,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hackneyed
(gcide) | Hackney \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-n[i^]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or
carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or
commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
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Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak.
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2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper.
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hackneyed
(wn) | hackneyed
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn] |
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hackneyed
(encz) | hackneyed,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Unhackneyed
(gcide) | Unhackneyed \Unhackneyed\
See hackneyed. |
hackneyed
(wn) | hackneyed
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn] |
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