Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Pain in a bone.

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Examples

  • Germans have coined the word ostalgia, to refer to nostalgia for life in the former communist East Germany.

    Is This Any Way to Run a Railroad? 2008

  • Now it seems "ostalgia" has worked its way into Berlin's tourism infrastructure: Time reports that the craze has spread to themed pubs, "Ostel" hostels and

    World Hum 2008

  • Now it seems "ostalgia" has worked its way into Berlin's tourism infrastructure: Time reports that the craze has spread to themed pubs, "Ostel" hostels and

    World Hum 2008

  • Now it seems "ostalgia" has worked its way into Berlin's tourism infrastructure: Time reports that the craze has spread to themed pubs, "Ostel" hostels and

    World Hum 2008

  • ostalgia is not the right word to describe how Iranians and

    Iran, Iraq remember war that cost a million lives 2010

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