"clapped out" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 clapped out.ogg Forms: more clapped out [comparative], most clapped out [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} clapped out (comparative more clapped out, superlative most clapped out)
  1. (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Exhausted, worn out. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Synonyms: clapped-out Related terms: clap out
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          "ref": "1964 November, E. N. Bellass, “Some questions for Mr. Mugliston”, in Modern Railways, pages 329–330:",
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