Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Played Out

Out of date; no longer in vogue; exhausted.

“Valentines, I suppose, are played one, said Milton.” —Truth: Queer Story Feb. 18, 1886.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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