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"ref": "1927 November 25, J. Jingle, “Merely My Musings”, in The Dabbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, page 2, column 3",
"text": "When the aforesaid alderman or another wishes to express mild contemptuosity for his fellows and himself in future I would suggest “old fossils” or “old has beens,” or “old fogies,” then the Sir Galahads that are always riding—or driving—about in this progressive dorp will not have any cause to complain.",
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"ref": "1986 (Jan 6), John Gantz, \"Things Look Better in the Long View\", InfoWorld, 7 (52) / 8 (1), page 19",
"text": "I think Apple Computer is a has-been."
},
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"ref": "2009, William Shatner, Up Till Now: The Autobiography, page 338",
"text": "Is it better to never be than to be and eventually become a has-been?",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīdù yǒumíng de rénwù",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "一度有名的人物"
},
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "過氣名人"
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "unohdettu suuruus"
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "ყოფილი"
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},
{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "przebrzmiały"
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
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"masculine"
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"text": "I think Apple Computer is a has-been."
},
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"ref": "2009, William Shatner, Up Till Now: The Autobiography, page 338",
"text": "Is it better to never be than to be and eventually become a has-been?",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīdù yǒumíng de rénwù",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "一度有名的人物"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "過氣名人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guòqì míngrén",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "过气名人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vyřízený člověk"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "passe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "unohdettu suuruus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "entinen kuuluisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "has-been"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "q̇opili",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "ყოფილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "ehemalig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "more negative, but less frequent",
"lang": "German",
"note": "gewesen (in nominal use combine with some noun like Berühmtheit, Größe, Star)",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "levitézlett"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "lecsúszott"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "tangata tūnguru"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
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"word": "has-been"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "przebrzmiały"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ex-famoso"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čelovék, poterjávšij bylúju slávu",
"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"word": "челове́к, потеря́вший былу́ю сла́ву"
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
"tags": [
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"word": "ha-sido"
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"sense": "person declining in popularity or effectiveness",
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