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little ole

little ole is the alternative spelling of little old.

Meaning of little old

Adjective

little old (not comparable)

  1. (Southern US, US, idiomatic, informal) Emphatically, affectionately, or humorously little; ordinary or harmless (especially when trying to downplay the importance of something).
    • Well aren't you just a little old sweetheart?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, old.
    • This joke is getting a little old.

Questions about little ole

What is little ole the alternative spelling of?
Little ole is the alternative spelling of little old.

Words near little ole in the dictionary

  1. little office
  2. little offices
  3. little ol'
  4. little old
  5. little old me
  6. little ole
  7. little one
  8. little ones
  9. Little Optimum
  10. Little Osage
  11. Little Ouse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: little ole (page history and authors); little old (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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