old-timer
Example Sentences
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“When we first started,” Hamalainen said, “it was common for an old-timer to take a new hire aside and say, ‘Well, kid, you’ll have a job for life.’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024
The University of Iowa’s Stanley Perlman, another coronavirus old-timer, says it’s important to keep looking for new human ones.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 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
An unexpected departure for the duo was “The Straight Story,” a 1999 Disney film starring Richard Farnsworth as an old-timer driving cross-country on his riding lawn mower.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022
“Enjoying yourselves?” asked a black officer who I assumed was an old-timer.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
