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old-hat

old-hat is the alternative form of old hat.

Meaning of old hat

Adjective

old hat (comparative more old hat, superlative most old hat)

  1. (idiomatic) Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date.
    • [Noël] Coward is such an old hand at this kind of thing that he makes it seem old hat.1946 November 11, “The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 11, 1946 [review of Nöel Coward’s Present Laughter (written 1939)]”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

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Forms of old-hat

comparativemore old-hat
superlativemost old-hat

Questions about old-hat

What is old-hat the alternative form of?
Old-hat is the alternative form of old hat.

Words near old-hat in the dictionary

  1. old-field colt
  2. old-field colts
  3. old-growth
  4. old-growth forest
  5. old-growth forests
  6. old-hat
  7. old-line
  8. old-maidenism
  9. old-maidhood
  10. old-maidish
  11. old-maidism

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