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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- old :(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- his mother is very old|a ripe old age|how old are you?
- old :of long duration; not new
- old tradition|old house|old wine|old country|old friendships|old money
- old :(used for emphasis) very familiar
- good old boy|same old story
- old :skilled through long experience
- an old offender|the older soldiers
- old :belonging to some prior time
- erstwhile friend|our former glory|the once capital of the state|her quondam lover
- old :very good
- he did a bully job|a neat sports car|had a great time at the party|you look simply smashing|we had a grand old time
- old :of a very early stage in development
- Old English is also called Anglo Saxon|Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century
- old :just preceding something else in time or order
- the previous owner|my old house was larger