One-and-twenty worn and defaced shillings, however, were considered as equivalent to a guinea, which, perhaps, indeed, was worn and defaced too, but seldom so much so.
Harriet interviewed a hairdresser whose salon floor had been worn out – damaged by continual use, after being walked on again and again as the woman cut people's hair.
The doorsteps were worn into curves, and the ancient tiles which lined the porch were marked with the rebus of a cheese and a man after the original builder.