- timer, old
- Experienced person in job, profession, etc.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
timer, old
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old-timer — [ōld′tīm′ər, tīm΄mər] n. Informal 1. a person who has been a resident, employee, member, etc. for a long time ☆ 2. a person who is old fashioned ☆ 3. an old or elderly person; oldster … English World dictionary
old, older — The everyday word for someone advanced in age is old. Old is also applied to anything in existence of long standing or that originated in a prior age: an old man, an old church, an old map, an old poem, an old model, an old family. Older is the… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
old man — n Informal. 1. graybeard, old timer, old boy, elderly man, grandfather, venerable, patriarch, Methuselah; centenarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, sexagenarian; senior citizen, golden ager, Inf. oldster; gaffer, codger, Sl. geezer; fogey, Sl.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
old — (izg. ȏld) prid. DEFINICIJA ob. u: SINTAGMA old boy (izg. old bȏj) 1. veteran (bivši sportaš, glazbenik i sl.) 2. jedan od partnera više dobi koja je određena posebnim propisima; stariji senior; old fashioned (izg. old fȅšnd) što je nekoć bilo… … Hrvatski jezični portal
old-timer — old timers 1) N COUNT If you refer to someone as an old timer, you mean that he or she has been living in a particular place or doing a particular job for a long time. [INFORMAL] The old timers and established families clutched the reins of power … English dictionary
old-timer — [n] elderly person fossil*, geezer*, golden ager, gramps*, mossback, old dog*, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war horse; concept 424 … New thesaurus
old-timer — noun count 1. ) someone who has a lot of knowledge and experience because they have been doing something for a long time: The company s work force consisted mainly of old timers. 2. ) AMERICAN an old man … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Old-timer — may refer to: A veteran An elderly person An antique or classic car in Dutch and German as a legal definition (written unhyphenated) Oldtimers (Pern), a group of dragonriders in the fantasy fiction series Dragonriders of Pern A line of knives… … Wikipedia
old timer — n 1.) someone who has been doing a job or living in a place for a long time and knows a lot about it 2.) especially AmE an old man … Dictionary of contemporary English
old — (adj.) O.E. ald (Anglian), eald (W.Saxon) aged, antique, primeval; elder, experienced, from W.Gmc. *althas grown up, adult (Cf. O.Fris. ald, Goth. alþeis, Du. oud, Ger. alt), originally a pp. stem of a verb meaning grow, nourish (Cf. Goth. alan… … Etymology dictionary
