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old hat

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adjective

old-fashioned; dated.
trite from having long been used or known.

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RELATED WORDS

dated, old-fashioned, outmoded, has-been, old-school

Nearby words

old growth, old guard, old guardism, old hand, old harry, old hat, old high german, old icelandic, old identity, old ionic, old iranian

Origin of old hat

First recorded in 1745–55
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British Dictionary definitions for old hat

old hat

adjective

(postpositive) old-fashioned or trite
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for old hat

old hat

Obsolete, old-fashioned: “Get with it, Murray; your methods are strictly old hat.”

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