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View definitions for old lady

old lady

noun as in an old woman

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noun as in a wife or female lover

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“When she was in the mumu she was a tiny old lady.”

“She passed on when I was a boy. Sweet old lady. Baked a lovely lemon cake.”

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Like there’s one bit about beating up on an old lady to get her doughnuts, and I say, “Um, I had to hurt her really bad.”

To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

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"Yes, I would love to go on a mission someday. When I'm an old lady, maybe I'll get a chance to go back in space."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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