Usually means: Traditional beliefs not scientifically proven.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word old wives' tale:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. old wives tale: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. old wives' tale: Merriam-Webster
  3. old wives' tale: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. old wives' tale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. old wives' tale, old wives' tale: Collins English Dictionary
  6. old wives' tale: Vocabulary.com
  7. old wives' tale: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. old wives' tale: Wiktionary
  9. old wives' tale: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. old wives' tale, old wives tale: Dictionary.com
  11. Old wives' tale, Old wives tale, The Old Wives' Tale, The Old Wives' Tale (film), The Old Wives' Tale (play): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. old wives' tale: Rhymezone
  13. old wives tale: FreeDictionary.org
  14. old wives' tale: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. old wives' tale: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. old wives' tale: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Old Wives Tale: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (old wives' tale)

noun:  A supposed truth that has been passed down by word of mouth
noun:  A rumour, myth or superstition; something which is almost certainly untrue, despite acceptance by many.


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