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old-man en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (Australia, not-comparable) (applied to plants and animals) Of exceptional size or age.
   • Davey suddenly jumped from his horse and ran after a big old-man bungarra. The goanna had arms like a bear. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 14:
   • Along the banks of the Georgina are alternate patches of old-man scrub and strips of plain country. 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 209:
2. (Australia, not-comparable) (applied to weather) Of exceptional intensity.
   • They Say: That the wild ducks have tipped an "old man flood." 1900 July 8, The Sunday Times, Sydney, page 1, column 1:

old-man en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of old man.
   alt of old man

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