reusagen.
/ˌriːˈjuːsɪdʒ/, U.S. /riˈjusɪdʒ/ Second or further usage; reuse; an instance of this.
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1841 M. F. Tupper Author's Mind 32 Your success depends upon re-usage of the old materials.
1884 M. P. Bale Steam & Machinery Managem. x. 112 After constant re-usage the oil doubtless loses its oleaginous properties.
1956 Discovery July 230/2 Earlier examples of reusage of bricks by Saxon builders are numerous.
1981 Biblical Archaeologist 44 237/3 At least two periods are suggested by the lintel: a Late Roman structure and a Byzantine reusage or rebuild.
2003 M. Orr Intertextuality iv. 159 Proverbs, clichés, dead and living metaphors are then moulds of glibness or creativity..through reusage, context or intention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- tommy-and-harry-don't-careishness
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- tommy-gunned
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- tommyandharrydon'tcareishness
- tommygun
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- tommyhood
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