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old lady

NOUN
an old woman
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NOUN
a wife or female lover
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But if she, a towering scholar of Yiddish literature, assumes the pose of a little old lady, don’t be fooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Read on: Want to be a rich old lady?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

"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."

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

The shift when you go from seeing the old lady to the young one.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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