old-timer

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But now, decades later, Creech is mostly known inside the walls of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution as just “Tom,” a generally well-behaved old-timer with a penchant for poetry.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Luis Angel Firpo in the old-timer category and Theresa Kibby in the women’s trailblazer category were the other fighters in the class.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

“I’m an old-timer, and I find it hard to believe that anything can be so weak,” Cheng says.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 12, 2022

Time to head to an old-timer, to break bread with the past.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

And then, despite his initial prickliness, the young man warmed to the old-timer, and the two engaged in a long conversation.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer