old joke
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoldandjoke
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old
adjective
uk/əʊld/us/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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joke
noun
uk/dʒəʊk/us/dʒoʊk/
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make ...
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(Definition ofoldandjokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofold joke
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By the 1860s, it was already anoldjokethat lawyers were the primary beneficiaries of bankruptcy law.
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That is anoldjokenow.
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That is a prettyoldjoke.
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That is anoldjoke, but it is true.
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There is anoldjokeabout three ways of losing money.
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It is anoldjokethat we are two nations divided by a common language.
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I know theoldjokeabout statistics, drunks and lamp-posts.
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First—it is a veryoldjoke—it is a very little one.
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We all know theoldjokeabout his leaning on his shovel.
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That is a veryoldjoke, and is not allowed in my constituency.
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There is anoldjokeabout the man who claimed to be a model husband.
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I do not want to make theoldjoke, but in the circumstances it would be, appropriate.
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There is anoldjokeabout a man who goes to see his doctor complaining that his brother thinks that he is a chicken.
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It reads like theoldjoke: whisky when you are well makes you ill; whisky makes you well when you are ill.
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They had no money to pay each other, and theoldjokewas that they could only live by taking in each other's washing.
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But the fact is that, as theoldjokesays, 'if you line up all the economists around the world head to toe, you may never reach a conclusion'.
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