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old-timer

noun as in elderly person

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His passes were magnificent and his unselfishness legendary, and basketball old-timers recognized a teenager mature beyond his years.

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Chief selector George Bailey has not randomly assembled a bunch of old-timers.

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In the 1970s, when Bunker moved to Maine, he canvassed old-timers for the names of the apples growing near his Palermo homestead.

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.

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“It can be difficult for us old-timers to see all the changes,” said Gosen, who spins goat fiber into yarn outside her soap shop on Mane Street most weekends.

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