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retread(1) (iou)



retread noun. E20.
[from RETREAD verb2.]
A tyre supplied with a fresh tread, a remould. E20.
Orig. (slang), a retired soldier recalled for (temporary) service; a person retrained for new work. Now, a thing or person superficially altered but essentially the same as a predecessor; a revamp, a rehash. M20.
Express (Pennsylvania) Fashions of today are just..retreads of..30 years ago.