golden oldie
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldən ˈoʊldi/
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clásico
- Presenting golden oldies.
- play the golden oldies
- one of the golden oldies
Examples
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I turned on the radio and found a golden oldies station and caught the end of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti."
Fiction book (1992) -
I tuned into a radio station that plays nothing but golden oldies from the 60s and 70s.
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Oh, where you keep the golden oldies?
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I think we gotta give them some of your golden oldies.
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A golden oldie if ever there was one.
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Remember this golden oldie from 2008?
Blog text (5) -
I'll be right back with some more golden oldies right after this commercial break.
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So let's rock, with one of our golden oldies.
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A golden oldie from the '80s plays on the jukebox.
Fiction book (2001) -
Father Geary had two favorite cassette tapes, which he kept in the car: a collection of rock-'n'-roll golden oldies and an Elton John best-of.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
268
4.8
A well-known work of art or writing that people admire for a long time
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4.9
A popular song from the past that people still like
A song that stays popular and is loved for many years
How Popular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'golden' (figuratively excellent or valuable) with 'oldie' (an older popular song), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it means an especially good or cherished old song. This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition and the evaluative sense of 'golden' is common cross-linguistically, making the meaning directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The phrase golden oldie puts together golden, meaning very good or valuable, and oldie, meaning an old song, so you picture an old song that still shines like gold. That's why it means 'a popular song from the past that is still liked'.