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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
old one en · NOUN
Meanings
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An elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions.
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(Ireland, qualifier:Liverpool) An old woman.
I was with him one day and he bought a book from an old one in Liffey street for two bob.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 224:
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(humorous) The devil.
You're the match of the old one for cleverness.
1908, Stanley J. Weyman, Wild Geese, page 270:
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