how to pronounce oldie

/ˈoʊldiː/

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oldie is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of oldie in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you're an oldie for them I think it's …”

meanings of oldie

noun:

The genre of music composed of popular music from previous eras.
A song or record from a previous era.
Something or someone old.

oldie frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word oldie occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics oldie can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that oldie can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;