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old hat

UK /ˌəʊl(d)ˈhæt/US /ˌoʊl(d)ˈhæt/

noun 4
adjective 1
forms 3

noun4

•
Something regarded as very familiar and unoriginal, hackneyed, or out of date.
- Oliver. What was the address about, to begin with? / Willie. Oh, the same old hat—Freedom. — 1920
•
(slang, no longer used) The female genitalia.
- I shall conclude this learned Note vvith remarking, that the Term Old Hat, is at present used by the Vulgar, in no very honourable Sense. — 1743
•
(offensive, no longer used) A woman treated as a sexual partner.
- VVhy, hovv novv, ye piece of old Hat, vvhat are ye musty? the Jade's as musty as a stale pot of Marmalade of her ovvn making. — 1697
(slang, no longer used) Sexual intercourse.

adjective1

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Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date.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

forms

old hats · more old hat · most old hat

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