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Old man

noun

A man who is very old. Synonyms: graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah.

A familiar term of address for a man. Synonym: old boy.

An informal term for your father.

Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe. Synonyms: absinthe, Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love.

(slang) boss.

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"Old man" Quotes from Famous Books

... winter garden, its clock said ten minutes past ten, but she knew it must be fast. Only one of the four musicians had arrived—the man who played the drums, cymbals, triangle and xylophone—a fat, discouraged old man who knew how easily he could be replaced. Neither Lange nor his wife had come; her original friend, the Austrian waiter, was wiping off tables and cleaning match stands. He welcomed her with a smile ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... an ill-mannered old man!" quoth Norah, with her nose tilted. Which seemed to end the matter, so far as ...

— Captain Jim • Mary Grant Bruce

... afraid to meddle directly. He knew something more about the history of Myrtle's adventure than any of his neighbors, and, among other things, that it had given Mr. Byles Gridley a peculiar interest in her, of which he could take advantage. He therefore artfully hinted his fears to the old man, and left his hint to ...

— The Guardian Angel • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... to conduct me to the summit of the pyramid—one an old man, and the other about forty, both of a mould, which for combination of strength and agility, I never saw surpassed. We soon turned to the north, and finally reached the outer casing on the west side. All this was very laborious to be sure, though not very dangerous; but here was an obstacle that ...

— Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) • S. Spooner

... Jackson had returned the opera-glass to Lawrence Lefferts. The whole of the club turned instinctively, waiting to hear what the old man had to say; for old Mr. Jackson was as great an authority on "family" as Lawrence Lefferts was on "form." He knew all the ramifications of New York's cousinships; and could not only elucidate such complicated questions ...

— The Age of Innocence • Edith Wharton

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