Bible Dictionaries
Threadbare

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.

(2):

(a.) Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Threadbare'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/threadbare.html. 1828.