Possible Clues:

• Informs on old sandwich-maker - turnover might have gone through a number of hands in the store
• Back from morris dances, lubric­ated and the worse for wear
• Goes on spree, perhaps, drunk and over-exposed
• Denounces drunk that's a little the worse for wear
• Tarnished from being on display
• Polished so badly that customers reject it?
• Made dirty while being displayed
• This could be worn in department store
• Grasses on drunk, slightly worse for wear?
• Betrays drunk — the worse from exposure