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Old Hat

Old fashioned, obsolete, not exciting, uninteresting

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  • The trend of wearing hats was popular in the late 19th to the early 20th century. People wore hats more often than they do now. To keep up with the latest fashion, people wanted to wear hats with new styles. Thus, the old hat was considered out of fashion.
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The use of typewriters has become old hat after the invention of computer.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Old Hat':

old hatSomething uninteresting, hackneyed, or passé due to overuse or long-standing familiarity..
old hatSomething widely or long practiced, known, or accepted; something conventional.
old hatSomething with which one is very familiar, or in which one is experienced or skilled.
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