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    OLD WIVES' TALE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A bit of lore passed on by word of mouthplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("old wives' tale" is a kind of...):

    lore; traditional knowledge (knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote)

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