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old fruit

old fruit noun: an old friend; an old chap or fellow.

Noun

old fruit (plural old fruits)

  1. (UK, dated, slang, sometimes, term-of-address) An old friend; an old chap or fellow.
    Synonyms:
    old bean

Synonyms of old fruit

Forms of old fruit

pluralold fruits

Origin of old fruit

Possibly from the playful mid-word substitution of the word "friend" in "old friend".

Questions about old fruit

What does old fruit mean?
Old fruit means an old friend; an old chap or fellow.
What part of speech is old fruit?
Old fruit is a noun.
What is the plural of old fruit?
The plural of old fruit is old fruits.

Words near old fruit in the dictionary

  1. Old French
  2. old friend
  3. old friends
  4. Old Frisian
  5. Old Frizzle
  6. old fruit
  7. old fruits
  8. Old Galician-Portuguese
  9. old gentleman
  10. old gentlemen
  11. Old Georgian

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