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twice-told

twice-told adjective: hackneyed; cliché.

Adjective

twice-told (not comparable)

  1. hackneyed; cliché
    • a twice-told tale
    • […] the fact that repetition makes for dullness and that a fresh mind may well be able to introduce a new and hence a more effective approach to what has become rather more than a twice-told tale.2001, Frederick Bernays Wiener, Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals, page 387

Questions about twice-told

What does twice-told mean?
Twice-told means hackneyed; cliché.
What part of speech is twice-told?
Twice-told is an adjective.

Words near twice-told in the dictionary

  1. twice-exceptional
  2. twice-exceptionalities
  3. twice-exceptionality
  4. twice-laid
  5. twice-stabbed stink bug
  6. twice-told
  7. twice-weekly
  8. twice-yearly
  9. twiced
  10. twicer
  11. twicers

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