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.