Said too often Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Monday, September 7, 1998 · 3-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, September 7, 1998.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · September 7, 1998 · 3-Down · 5 letters
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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'"
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