What does the cryptic crossword clue "Chasing girls primarily the Parisian pulls - but they're worn out (8)" mean?

The definition is "they’re worn out". The wordplay uses a charade (building blocks). G (synonym="first letter of [primarily] G IRLS") + LA (synonym="one of the French [Parisian] forms of ‘the’") + DRAGS (synonym="pulls") = GLADRAGS The answer is GLADRAGS.

Chasing girls primarily the Parisian pulls - but they're worn out (8)

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