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old chestnuts

old chestnuts is the plural of old chestnut.

Meaning of old chestnut

Noun

old chestnut (plural old chestnuts)

  1. (idiomatic) A well-worn story.
    • "How's the speech to-night?" he asked, languidly; "same old chestnuts, I suppose." "As this is Mr. Grayson's second speech," replied Harley, sharply, "it is a little early to call anything that he says 'same old chestnuts.' Besides, I don't think that repetition will ever be one of his faults. Why...1905, Joseph Alexander Altsheler, chapter V, in The Candidate, page 72

Questions about old chestnuts

What is old chestnuts the plural of?
Old chestnuts is the plural of old chestnut.

Words near old chestnuts in the dictionary

  1. Old Catholics
  2. Old Catton
  3. old chap
  4. old chaps
  5. old chestnut
  6. old chestnuts
  7. Old Chinese
  8. Old Christmas
  9. Old Church Slavic
  10. Old Church Slavonic
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