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Meanings of old wives in English

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Usage of old wives in English
1
But avoid foolish and old wives fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
2
I saw it as just an old wives' tale, random celestial positioning.
Anil's ghost
3
No wonder the old wives who wove were sometimes taken for witches.
The Angel Stone
4
Just think-anold wives' tale-somethingthat has to do with a needle.
The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
5
Father is rather scornful generally about what he calls ' old wives' remedies.'
Rilla of Ingleside
6
He knew no more than he had already stated-gossipand old wives' tales.
The Millionaire Baby
7
We'll include all the most preposterous old wives' tales now current.
The Beautiful and Damned
8
I would always trust the old wives' fables against the old maids' facts.
Orthodoxy
9
It was an old wives' skin color test passing as science.
A beautiful place to die
10
He believes that Trewinion's curse is an old wives' fable-lethim believe it.
Roger Trewinion
11
Oh, we've been nicely swindled by an old wives' tale of a ghost!
Visionaries
12
Next comes one of the old wives just referred to.
Russia
13
Perhaps you think that this is an old wives' fable.
Gorgias
14
The American says that must be an old wives' tale.
The new yorker
15
These and other attempted explanations of capitalists' profits are simply old wives' fables, Jonathan.
The Common Sense of Socialism / A Series of Letters Addressed to...
16
It is but a doggrel, I fear, garbled in the memory of old wives.
The lord of the rings
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United States of America
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