old joke
Frequency: 7.213.5 per million words
A joke that is well-known and has been heard many times.
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Examples (10)
- That's an old joke—I've heard it lots of times.
- He always tells the same old joke at every party.
- The comedian's routine included an old joke that still made everyone laugh.
- My grandpa loves to repeat that old joke about the farmer and the cow.
- Some old jokes never lose their charm, even after many years.
- The audience groaned when the speaker started with an old joke they'd heard before.
- It might be an old joke, but it's still pretty funny.
- She pretended not to understand the old joke just to be polite.
- Don't tell that old joke again; nobody finds it amusing anymore.
- Even an old joke can be funny if told with the right delivery.