vieux jeu
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of vieux jeu
literally: old game
Example Sentences
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In English, at least, this all seems a tad vieux jeu.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012
A chariot, Smollett insists, was necessary to “every raw surgeon”; while Bob Sawyer’s expedient of “being called from church” was already vieux jeu, in the way of advertisement.
From Adventures Among Books by Lang, Andrew
However, this is vieux jeu, and has nothing to do with Prague.
From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville
Even gallantry with its mimic of being jealous and its pretended constancy was vieux jeu.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar
My thoughts, I feel, are what to-day Men call vieux jeu.
From De Libris: Prose and Verse by Dobson, Austin
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