old-timer

noun 2

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noun

1

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.

2

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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