old prune
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In 1970, Winiarski and some investors purchased an old prune orchard off the Silverado Trail, a few miles north of Napa in what is now known as the Stags Leap District American Viticultural Area.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
“You’ll turn into a wrinkled old prune, and for what? Elim?”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
"Well," said Kent, after Lydia had settled them all comfortably, "I just left Charlie Jackson—poor old prune!"
From Lydia of the Pines by Morrow, Honoré
"Well, Daren, you old prune, what'd you think of the toddle?" asked Helen, as she took a cigarette offered by Swann and tipped it between her red lips.
From The Day of the Beast by Grey, Zane
"What, 'Puffy' Biggles!" says I. "Not that old prune face with the shiny dome and the baggy eyes?"
From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell
