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1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 43 Common-booked Poetrie.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 40 Had I so lauish of my presence beene, So common hackneid in the eyes of men. View more context for this quotation

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. v. 267 A piece of cloth..that is iagged and frownced after the manner of our now common-recieued Mantelings.

c1781 B. Franklin Inventory Contents Boxes Printing Lett. in Papers (1998) XXXIV. 322 Large-fac'd Great Primer Roman... Common-fac'd English, Roman & Italic.

1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. I. 381 A common-shaped round steel-trap, adapted to the size of the mouse, has been found to be the most effectual.

1820 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 302/1 Apt to dress up common-sized thoughts in big clothes.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. viii. 123 He was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough.

1858 Zoologist 16 6142 Two or three very small completely yellow rabbits were seen sitting..in company with several of the common-coloured gray rabbits.

1935 Amer. Speech 10 271/2 Natives, common-bred cattle, without the characteristics of a particular breed.

2006 Which Digital Camera? Mar. 37/1 Images were..lacking some detail when magnified, although it's unlikely to be noticed in most common-sized prints.