shop-soiled
/ˈʃɒpsɔɪld
/adjective British
(Of an article) made dirty or imperfect by being displayed or handled in a shop: he is selling second-hand or shop-soiled goods figurative his subject—the nature of the artist in relation to his society—is pretty shop-soiled...
- Libraries look unkempt and the books are shop-soiled and dog-eared.
- He's a shop-soiled, aging diva, long past his sell-by date.
- The term ‘airport novel’ is now used rather disparagingly, many claiming the genre is a front for smut, sleaze and shop-soiled erotica.
- beat something out
- beat the bejesus out of
- be at the bottom of
- beat the bounds
- beat the bushes
- beat the clock
- beat the count
- beat the drum for
- be at the end of
- beat the pants off
- be at the races (or in the race)
- beat the rap
- beat the system
- be at the top of one's game
- Beattie, Ann
- beat time
- Beatty, David
- Beatty, Warren
- beat-up
- beat up on someone
- beau
- Beaubourg Centre
- beaucoup
- beaucoup de
- Beaufort scale