old-timer

Example Sentences

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“When we first started,” Hamalainen said, “it was common for an old-timer to take a new hire aside and say, ‘Well, kid, you’ll have a job for life.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

But now, decades later, Creech is mostly known inside the walls of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution as just “Tom,” a generally well-behaved old-timer with a penchant for poetry.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Luis Angel Firpo in the old-timer category and Theresa Kibby in the women’s trailblazer category were the other fighters in the class.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

“I’m an old-timer, and I find it hard to believe that anything can be so weak,” Cheng says.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 12, 2022

He’s an old-timer who doubts we’ll find anything and acts like he’s seen it all before.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover