old-timer
Example Sentences
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Siegel relayed a story about an old-timer saying the original owner — a proprietor named Margie — wouldn’t seat him until he donned a coat and tie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
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
An unexpected departure for the duo was “The Straight Story,” a 1999 Disney film starring Richard Farnsworth as an old-timer driving cross-country on his riding lawn mower.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 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
I was afraid he’d want to wait to ask some of his old-timer railroad friends for their opinion.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
