Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. Synonyms:exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out."He went to bed dog-tired" , "Was fagged and sweaty" , "The trembling of his played out limbs" , "Felt completely washed-out" , "Only worn-out horses and cattle" , "You look worn out"
...dog-tired. After the emotions of the past twenty-four hours, a day's hard manual toil to which he was unaccustomed had caused him to ache in every limb. As soon as he had arrived at the canal wharf in the early morning he had obtained the kind of casual work that ruled about here, ... — El Dorado • Baroness Orczy Read full book for free!