Usually means: Repeatedly told story or joke.
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  1. old chestnut: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. old chestnut: Wiktionary
  3. Old chestnut: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. old chestnut: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (old chestnut)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A well-worn story.

Similar:
story, old wives' tale, Olds, gest, anecdotage, adage, Storie, old wise tale, oldie, antique, more...

Opposite:
new idea, fresh concept, original thought

Phrases:
that old chestnut, more...

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Similar:
story, old wives' tale, Olds, gest, anecdotage, adage, Storie, old wise tale, oldie, antique, more...

Opposite:
new idea, fresh concept, original thought

Phrases:
that old chestnut, more...



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