wore-out

American  

[wawr-out, wohr-] / ˈwɔrˈaʊt, ˈwoʊr- /

adjective

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. worn-out.

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Example Sentences

You can allus sell hens when they git too old to set or lay, but what’re you going to do with a wore-out incubator?”

From Anything Once by Ostrander, Isabel

Well, the poor man come in afther a bit,' says the Gout, 'an' I slipped in through a crack in his owld wore-out brogue, an' into his toe.

From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

Young folks don't have no consideration for the old wore-out parents.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration

Tell you what: me and Doanie'll let you both rest them poor little wore-out arms right now!

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen

The first crowd in July swapped their wore-out scrub stock for our good stock.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration