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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long period of time |
| Synonyms: | ages, coon's age, forever and a day, forever and ever, long time, years |
| Main Entry: | donkey's years |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very long time |
| Synonyms: | aeon, all one's born days, coon's age, eternity, forever and a day, long time, month of Sundays, right smart spell, time immemorial, time out of mind, years on end |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced, seasoned |
| Synonyms: | adept, battle-scarred, been around, disciplined, exercised, expert, from way back, hardened, inured, knows one's stuff, long-serving, long-time, not born yesterday, of the old school, old, old-time, practical, practiced, pro*, proficient, skilled, sophisticated, steady, trained, up to speed, versed, vet, weathered, wise, wise to ways, worldly |
| Antonyms: | amateur, green, inexperienced |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
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-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
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| Antonyms: | infant |
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