old : Idioms & Phrases

• a child who resembles either of his parents. Colloq. Milton.-

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• adjective satellite belonging to or lasting from times long ago
  antique.
  
  • age-old customs
  • the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness

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• adjective satellite not fresh today
  
  • day-old bread is cheaper than fresh

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• noun a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations
  

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• adjective satellite five years of age
  

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• adjective satellite four years of age
  

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• noun a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group
  good ol' boy; good ole boy.
  

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• noun past times remembered with nostalgia
  good old days; auld langsyne; langsyne.
  

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• formerly; in time long past.

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• noun a late time of life
  geezerhood; age; eld; years.
  
  • old age is not for sissies
  • he's showing his years
  • age hasn't slowed him down at all
  • a beard white with eld
  • on the brink of geezerhood

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• advanced years; the latter period of life.

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• . See Bachelor, 1.

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• noun an ugly or ill-tempered woman
  bag.
  
  • he was romancing the old bag for her money

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• noun the central criminal court in London
  

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• noun a familiar term of address for a man
  old boy.
  
• noun a vivacious elderly man
  
• noun a former male pupil of a school
  

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• noun an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)
  
  • professional women have developed an old boy network of their own

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• noun the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
  Old Church Slavic; Old Bulgarian; Church Slavic.
  

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• noun United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858)
  Thomas Hart Benton; Benton.
  

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• noun a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
  Old Catholic.
  

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• noun Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century
  

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• noun a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
  Old Catholic.
  

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• . See under Catholic.

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• noun the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
  Old Church Slavic; Old Bulgarian; Church Slavic.
  

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• noun the Slavic language into which the Bible was translated in the 9th century
  Old Church Slavic; Old Bulgarian; Church Slavic.
  

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• noun used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
  codger.
  

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• noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
  MA; Massachusetts; Bay State.
  

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• noun the country of origin of an immigrant
  

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• noun a city in north central India
  Delhi.
  

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• noun a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
  Old Dominion; Virginia; VA.
  

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• noun a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
  Old Dominion; Virginia; VA.
  

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• noun English prior to about 1100
  Anglo-Saxon.
  

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• . See under English. n., 2.

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• noun large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
  bobtail.
  

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• noun a geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes
  

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• noun a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices
  

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• noun the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
  

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• noun the Frisian language until the 16th century; the Germanic language of ancient Frisia
  

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• noun an elderly man
  old geezer; antique; gaffer; oldtimer.
  

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• noun the national flag of the United States of America
  American flag; Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes.
  

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• noun a dark yellow
  

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• noun forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
  virgin forest.
  

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• noun a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas
  

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• noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
  old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; stager.
  

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• noun 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
  Andrew Jackson; Jackson.
  

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• noun High German prior to 1200
  

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• noun the extinct dialect of Old Norse that was spoken in Iceland up until about 1600
  

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• noun Irish Gaelic up to about 1100
  

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• noun a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
  Constitution.
  

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• noun the Italian language up to the middle of the 16th century
  

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• noun your own wife
  
  • meet my old lady

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• (Zoöl.), a large European noctuid moth (Mormo maura).

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Old` lang syne"

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1. See Auld lang syne.

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• noun the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.)
  

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• noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
  MD; Maryland; Free State.
  

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• noun an elderly unmarried woman
  spinster.
  
• noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  zinnia; old maid.
  
• noun commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
  cayenne jasmine; rose periwinkle; Madagascar periwinkle; periwinkle; red periwinkle; Cape periwinkle; Catharanthus roseus; Vinca rosea.
  
• noun the loser in a game of old maid
  
• noun a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
  

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• . (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster . (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  zinnia; old maid.
  

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• noun a man who is very old
  graybeard; greybeard; Methuselah.
  
• noun a familiar term of address for a man
  old boy.
  
• noun an informal term for your father
  
• noun aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
  Artemisia absinthium; common wormwood; lad's love; absinthe.
  
• noun (slang) boss
  

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• noun whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
  Tetraneuris grandiflora; alpine sunflower; Hymenoxys grandiflora.
  

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• noun dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
  black moss; Spanish moss; long moss; Tillandsia usneoides.
  
• noun vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
  Clematis vitalba; traveller's joy; traveler's joy.
  
• noun common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
  devil's darning needle; Clematis virginiana; virgin's bower.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.

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• (Bot.), a columnar cactus (Pilocereus senilis), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs.

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• noun a great European painter prior to 19th century
  

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• noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
  silver spoon.
  
  • he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
  • she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts

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• noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
  Devil; Prince of Darkness; Lucifer; the Tempter; Beelzebub; Satan.
  

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• the devil.

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• noun the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350
  

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• noun the medieval Norman dialect of Old French
  Norman-French; Norman French.
  

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• noun a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
  Tar Heel State; NC; North Carolina.
  

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• noun an elderly person
  oldster; golden ager; senior citizen.
  

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• noun a dead language of the (non-German) Prussians (extinct after 1700); thought to belong to the Baltic branch of Indo-European
  

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• (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology.

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• noun a greyish-pink color
  

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• noun a man who serves as a sailor
  Jack-tar; tar; sea dog; seaman; gob; Jack; seafarer; mariner.
  

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• noun Low German prior to 1200
  

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• the saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the "Heliand", a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.

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• noun a class of people favoring traditional ideas
  

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• a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinious of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.

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• noun necktie indicating the school the wearer attended
  

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• noun a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game
  seven-up.
  

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• an old and well-known game of cards, called also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.

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• noun the South of the United States before the American Civil War
  

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• noun a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
  oldwife; Clangula hyemalis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, south southerly, callow, hareld, and old wife.

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• noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
  old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; stager.
  

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• noun a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
  old style.
  

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• . (Chron.) See the Note under Style.

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• noun the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February
  Julian calendar.
  

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• noun a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
  old style.
  

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• noun the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
  

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• . See under Testament.

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• noun past times remembered with nostalgia
  good old days; auld langsyne; langsyne.
  

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• . In the senses b and cwritten also oldwife. (a) A prating old woman; a gossip.

  Refuse profane and old wives' fables. 1 Tim. iv. 7.

  (b) (Zoöl.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zoöl.) A duck; the old squaw.

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• noun North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land
  tumble grass; witchgrass; witch grass; Panicum capillare; old witch grass.
  

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• noun North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land
  tumble grass; witchgrass; witch grass; Panicum capillare; old witch grass.
  

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• noun a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth
  

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• noun a woman who is old
  
• noun herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
  dusty miller; beach wormwood; Artemisia stelleriana.
  

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• noun the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas
  

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• the Eastern Hemisphere.

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• noun a European variety of beaver
  Castor fiber.
  

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• noun any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
  buffalo.
  

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• noun songbirds having a chattering call
  chat.
  

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• noun a coot found in Eurasia
  Fulica atra.
  

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• noun any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
  coral snake.
  

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• noun small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
  ecrevisse.
  

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• noun any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
  true flycatcher; flycatcher.
  

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• noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
  Ostrya carpinifolia.
  

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• noun a European jay
  

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• noun of Europe
  Mustela nivalis.
  

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• noun leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions
  oriental sore; Delhi boil; tropical sore; cutaneous leishmaniasis; Aleppo boil.
  

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• noun Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
  mistletoe; Viscum album.
  

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• noun of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
  catarrhine.
  

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• noun mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
  oriole.
  

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• noun terrestrial porcupine
  

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• noun small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
  

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• noun common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely domesticated and developed in various colors and for various needs; young are born naked and helpless
  Oryctolagus cuniculus; European rabbit.
  

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• noun small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
  robin redbreast; Erithacus rubecola; robin; redbreast.
  

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• noun European scops owl
  Otus scops.
  

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• noun any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
  

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• noun small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
  true warbler.
  

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• noun similar to American white pelican
  Pelecanus onocrotalus.
  

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• noun predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
  Taxus baccata; English yew.
  

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• noun insurance paid to the elderly
  

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• noun a monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work
  retirement fund; superannuation; retirement benefit; retirement check; retirement pension.
  

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• noun an old person who receives an old-age pension
  

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• adjective satellite out of fashion
  antique; demode; ex; passee; passe; outmoded; old-fashioned.
  
  • a suit of rather antique appearance
  • demode (or outmoded) attire
  • outmoded ideas

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Old`-fash"ioned adjective

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1. Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." Addison.

   This old-fashioned, quaint abode. Longfellow.

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• noun the property of being no longer fashionable
  

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• noun North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
  Linaria canadensis; blue toadflax.
  

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Old`-gen"tle*man*ly adjective

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1. Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron.

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• adjective satellite repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  well-worn; commonplace; hackneyed; tired; timeworn; trite; banal; threadbare; shopworn; stock.
  
  • bromidic sermons
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • hackneyed phrases
  • a stock answer
  • repeating threadbare jokes
  • parroting some timeworn axiom
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
• adjective satellite out of fashion
  antique; demode; ex; passee; passe; outmoded; old-fashioned.
  
  • a suit of rather antique appearance
  • demode (or outmoded) attire
  • outmoded ideas

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• adjective satellite adhering to conservative or reactionary principles
  oldline.
  
  • an oldline senator

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• noun stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
  Lupinus perennis; Indian beet; sundial lupine; wild lupine.
  

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• adjective satellite primly fastidious
  old-maidish.
  

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Old`-maid"ish adjective

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1. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

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Old`-maid"ism noun

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1. The condition or characteristics of an old maid. G. Eliot.

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• noun edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America
  Strobilomyces floccopus.
  

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• adjective satellite attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
  quaint; olde worlde.
  
  • houses with quaint thatched roofs
  • a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots

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• noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
  old stager; warhorse; veteran; oldtimer; old hand; stager.
  
• noun an elderly man
  old geezer; antique; gaffer; oldtimer.
  

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• adjective satellite primly fastidious
  old-maidish.
  

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Old`-wom`an*ish adjective

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1. Like an old woman; anile. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite characteristic of former times especially in Europe
  
  • an old-world cottage

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• adjective satellite one year of age
  

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• distinguished painters who preceded modern painters; especially, the celebrated painters of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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• noun a racehorse that is three years old
  three year old.
  

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• adjective satellite three years of age
  

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• noun a racehorse that is three years old
  three year old.
  

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• noun a racehorse that is two years old
  two year old.
  

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• adjective satellite two years of age
  

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• noun a racehorse that is two years old
  two year old.
  

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