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Definition of the day : « old chestnut »
- As in hackneyed : adj clichéd, tired
- As in platitude : noun dull, overused saying
- As in banality : noun common saying
- As in fable : noun fantasy, story
- As in anecdote : noun interesting or amusing story
- Of course the old chestnut was dying; but that did not concern the noctules.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
- I'm not going to be trotting out that old chestnut at every dinner party.
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- Some one has stolen a store of nuts from the hollow in the old chestnut tree.
- Extract from : « Old Mother West Wind » by Thornton W. Burgess
- I suppose that old chestnut has just got round to your club.
- Extract from : « A Safety Match » by Ian Hay
- Sprouts in old Chestnut clearings are often allowed to remain, and sometimes they are grafted to the improved varieties.
- Extract from : « The Practical Garden-Book » by C. E. Hunn
- “There,” said Tim, pointing to where the dog still sat shivering near the old chestnut woman.
- Extract from : « Our Frank » by Amy Walton
- Soon he came dancing along with another nut to put in the hollow of the old chestnut tree.
- Extract from : « Old Mother West Wind » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Theres an old chestnut of a story you may remember that illustrates the point Im making.
- Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail » by Silas K. Boone
- Do you mean the path that leads by two old chestnut trees, trees of enormous size and now almost dead?
- Extract from : « An Annapolis First Classman » by Lt.Com Edward L. Beach
- Whiffet, Skiffet and Skud led a jolly life in the old chestnut tree.
- Extract from : « Whiffet Squirrel » by Julia Greene