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Old hat
Definitions
- 1 Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date. idiomatic
"[Noël] Coward is such an old hand at this kind of thing that he makes it seem old hat."
- 1 Something regarded as very familiar and unoriginal, hackneyed, or out of date. idiomatic, uncountable
"Oliver. What was the address about, to begin with? / Willie. Oh, the same old hat—Freedom."
- 2 The female genitalia. archaic, countable, slang
"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."
- 3 A woman treated as a sexual partner. archaic, broadly, countable, derogatory, slang
"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."
- 4 Sexual intercourse. archaic, broadly, slang, uncountable
"[S]he very pertly reply'd, She had done that not vvith a Design to affront but to convince me of the Value ſhe had for my Preſent; for that if the Pedantick Blockhead ſhould come, he ſhould only have a little bit of Old-Hat to ſtay his Stomach, till he got to ſome Harlot of his ovvn Puritanical Flock, […]"
Etymology
From old + hat, possibly a reference to something familiar and well-used. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a connection to German alter Hut (“something familiar and hackneyed”, noun, literally “old hat”).
From old + hat, possibly a reference to something familiar and well-used. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a connection to German alter Hut (“something familiar and hackneyed”, noun, literally “old hat”).
From old + hat, the significance being unknown.
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