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
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
He may be an old-timer, at least when it comes to loving the professional football team here, but he’s a modern-day fan who knows how to tweet his frustration to get results.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
“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 was an old-timer and apparently had thought of a way to assuage his own irritating feelings of loss of control.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
