old master
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His silverware collection is dwarfed by O'Neill's but Hearts do have their own wily old master in the background, with Sir Alex Ferguson offering guidance to McInnes.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Cook has never tired of relaying the lessons he learned from Jobs, but he also taught the old master something new.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Now that it’s an auction house, the public can walk in free and view a regularly revolving slate of offerings, from rare books to old master paintings to dinosaur skeletons, depending on the sale calendar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Sometimes, the old master got stuck on a verse, forgetting a line in one of his 600 songs.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023
It was now more than seven years since I lived with him in the family of my old master, on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation.
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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