old-timer
Collocations
2VERB + OLD-TIMER
going
OLD-TIMER + NOUN
b, generation
Definitions
noun
One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer? B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am! A: It takes one to know one, after all.
One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.
It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they wanted kids to be watching?
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer? B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am! A: It takes one to know one, after all.
WiktionarySome of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.
WiktionaryIt’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show
WiktionaryTom is an old-timer.
Tatoeba · #5452143Her old-timer generation was not well-educated.
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