Battered
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Sam Vimes is a variation; his boots are always old and battered even when he can afford much better ones, but he's proud of the old cardboard-soled ones because he can feel the street through them and figure out where he is by the feel of the pavements.
Source: Nice Shoes -
And it's freaking hilarious, since Bourne's making his dramatic getaway through the crowded streets in Marie's old and battered 1960s Mini Cooper.
Source: Film / The Bourne Identity - Even the battered and old starship Serenity puts out enough energy in its drive to make the Tsar Bomba jealous.
Source: The Aesthetics of Technology
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