• OLD EAGLE-BEAK
n. a person having a large hooked nose …1920 Amer. sl.
• OLD EBENEZER
n. a grizzly bear …L19 US sl.
• OLD EGG
n. a man, or woman, esp. as a term of affectionate address …20C sl.
• OLD EMILY
n. a gun …1895 Eng. dial.
• OLDEN
n. a wise or knowing person; a cunning person …1897 Eng. dial.
vb. to grow old, to become older in appearance or character; to age …1827 rare
• OLD ENEMY
n. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD ENGLAND
n. the provinces as opposed to London …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLDENMOST
adj. oldest …1843 Amer. dial. arch. or obs.
• OLDENNESS
n. olden quality, antiquity …1422 obs.
• OLD ENOUGH TO SIT AT THE TABLE, OLD ENOUGH TO EAT
phr. a phrase used to suggest that an underage girl is still a feasible target for seduction …1980s US sl.
• OLD EPHRAIM
n. the grizzly bear …1860-61 Amer. sl.
• OLDER
n. 1. a person advanced in life …c1440 obs.
n. 2, a person superior in age, senior; chiefly in plural …1483 obs.
• THE OLDER AND THE MADDER
phr. applied to an old couple who get married …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLDER END
n. 1. those of more mature years; the older ones of a company …1873 Eng. dial.
n. 2. old people …1882 Eng. dial.
• OLDER HEAD
n. an elderly person; an old-timer …1891 Amer. dial.
• OLDERMOST
adj. oldest …1843 Amer. dial. arch. or obs.
• OLDERS
n. predecessors …a1470 obs.
• OLDER THAN SIMON’S OFF OX
adj. very old …1958 Amer. dial.
• OLDEST-FANGLED
adj. most old-fashioned ..1894 Amer. dial.
• AN OLD EWE DRESSED LAMB-FASHION
n. an elderly woman dressed in a juvenile style …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FACE
n. a chorus dancer whose long tenure makes her unmarketable …1948 US sl.
• OLD FAGGOT
n. 1. a woman of the stated sort, as a ‘lazy old faggot’ …1591 sl., derogatory
n. 2. a constantly carping neighbour …20C Brit. sl.
• OLD FAITHFUL
n. the bleed period of the menstrual cycle …1954 US sl.
• OLD FAKE
n. a criminal undergoing his second probation …c1840 Aust. criminals’ sl.
• OLD-FANGLED
adj. characterized to adherence to what is old, old-fashioned …1842
• OLD FARMER
n. a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
• OLD-FARRAND
adj. 1. knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. old-fashioned …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD-FARRANT
adj. 1. knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adj. 2. old-fashioned …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD-FARRANTLY
adj. knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. old-fashionedly, like an old person …1877 Eng. dial.
• OLD-FARRENDLY
adj. knowing, prudent, wise; of children, precocious, grave beyond their years …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. old-fashionedly, like an old person …1877 Eng. dial.
• OLD FART
n. 1. a fool, an unpleasant person, older than the speaker …M18 sl.
n. 2. an old man …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a careless, slovenly woman …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a doctor who is not very capable …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FART-FACE
n. an ugly or contemptible person …1938 Amer. sl.
• OLD FART-HAMMER
n. a term of contempt for a person …1970 Amer. sl.
• OLD FART-KNOCKER
n. a term of contempt for a person …1952 Amer. sl.
• OLD FARTNOSE
n. a contemptible person …1981 Amer. sl.
• OLD FASH
n. used of an staid and knowing child …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OLD-FASHION
adj. old-fashioned …1665 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• OLD-FASHIONABLE
adj. old-fashioned …1807 obs.
• OLD-FASHIONABLY
adv. in an old-fashioned way …1764 obs.
• OLD-FASHIONED
adj. 1. knowing, cunning, intelligent; precocious …1844 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. denoting heterosexual genital intercourse with the couple face to face and the man on top, the missionary position …c1866 sl.
adj. 3. of a look or glance: disapproving …20C sl.
adj. 4. obscene …1930s sl.
• OLD-FASHIONED LOOK
n. a glance of quizzical disapproval …1961 UK sl.
• OLD FATHER
n. 1. a grandfather …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 2. one who gives away the bride at a wedding …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FELLOW
n. the devil …1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD-FAY
n. 1. a Caucasian …E20 African-American usage, derogatory
n. 2. a Black person who acts like a Caucasian …E20 African-American usage, derogatory
• OLD FELLOW
n. 1. a man; also, a term of address …E19 sl.
n. 2. the Devil …E19 sl.
n. 3. God …M19 sl.
n. 4. an object, a thing …L19 sl.
n. 5. the penis …L19 sl.
n. 6. one’s father …1922 sl.
n. 7. a husband …1980s sl.
• OLD FELLOW
n. 1. a friendly form of address to another man; a man …1825 UK sl.
n. 2. the penis …c1888 US sl.
n. 3. a father, regardless of age …1954 Aust. sl.
• OLD FIDDLE
adj. ‘old hat; trite or outdated …1979 US sl.
• OLD FIELD
n. a graveyard; a cemetery …1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD COLT
n. a horse that was not intentionally bred …1835 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD KID
n. an illegitimate child …1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD-FIELD PREACHER
n. an old-fashioned rural preacher …1904 Amer. dial.
• OLDFIELDS COLT
n. an illegitimate child …1946 Amer. dial.
• OLD FIGUREHEAD
n. an old fellow …1872 Amer. sl.
• OLD FILE
n. 1. a sharp or cunning fellow …1837 sl.
n. 2. a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. in the military: an old officer …1907 Amer. military sl.
• OLD FLAG
n. a flag officer …1862 US Navy sl.
• OLD FLAME
n. an old lover or sweetheart; a cast-off mistress …1846 sl.
• OLD FLINT
n. a miser …M19 sl.
• OLD FLOORER
n. death …M19 sl.
• OLD FLOWER
n. an affectionate term of address …20C Irish sl.
• OLD FOGEY
n. 1. an old, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a small lump of dried nasal mucus …1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘bogey’
• OLD-FOGEYISM
n. a term for a blues singer’s style; a blues style with strong African and Delta roots …1900s African-American sl., derogatory
• OLD FOGY
n. an old, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLD FOLK
n. parents …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD FOLKS
n. 1. parents, regardless of age …1957 Aust. sl.
n. 2. in the circus and carnivals: monkeys …1981 US sl.
• OLD FOOT
adj. describing older people …1990s W. Indies sl.
• OLD FORKED TOES
n. the devil …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD FORT COMFORT
n. an outhouse …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD FOUR-BY-TWO
n. the quartermaster …E20 army sl.
• OLD FOWL
n. an ageing, unattractive and probably overdressed woman …20C Aust. & W. Indies sl.
• OLD FRAGMENT
n. an old man; an older man …1900s sl.
• OLD FRIEND AND SHAMROCK
n. an order of corned beef and cabbage …L19 US sl.
• OLD FRIGHT
n. one who is an object of ridicule …1751 sl.
• OLD FRITZ
n. a German soldier …World War I sl.
• OLD FRIZZLE
n. 1. in cards: the ace of spades …18C sl.
n. 2. the vagina …18C sl.
• OLD FRUIT
n. a term of address to a male …1928 Brit. sl.
• OLD FRUIT AND NUT
n. King Tutankhamun …1972 Brit. museum rhyming sl. for ‘Tut’
• OLD FUSS-BOX
n. someone who fusses …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FUSS-CAT
n. a particular or fussy woman …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GAFFER
n. a rustic old man; an old bumpkin …L16 sl.
• OLD GAGER
n. a rich old man …18C UK criminals’ sl.
• OLD GAL
n. 1. any woman, usually old but not necessarily so …L18 sl.
n. 2. one’s wife or regular female companion …M19 sl.
n. 3. a general term of address to a woman or female dog or horse …M19 sl.
n. 4. one’s mother …L19 sl.
n. 5. a non-human object …1910s US sl.
n. 6. a roommate (of the same sex) …1929 US college sl.
n. 7. a mother-in-law …1940s sl.
• OLD GANG
n. a group or clique of friends or colleagues …L19 sl.
• THE OLD GANG
n. the uncompromising Tories …c1870 Brit. political usage
• OLD GARGOYLE
n. an affectionate term of address …1920s sl.
• (THE) OLD GEEZER
n. one’s wife …1910s sl.
• OLD GENT
n. 1. one’s father …1900s US sl.
n. 2. in gambling: a card that is slightly longer than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats …1935 US sl.
n. 3. a husband …1940s sl.
n. 4. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 5. the penis …2000 UK sl.
• OLD GENTLEMAN
n. 1. in gambling: a card that is slightly longer than the rest of the pack and thus identifiable by cheats …1828 US sl.
n. 2. the devil …1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. God …1953 Amer. dial.
• THE OLD GENTLEMAN
n. the devil …1700
• THE OLD GENTLEMAN IN BLACK
n. the devil …1700
• OLD GENTLEMAN’S BED-POSTS
n. the four or clubs, considered an unlucky card …M19 sl.
• OLD GENTLEMAN’S FOUR-POSTER
n. the four or clubs, considered an unlucky card …M19 sl.
• OLD GIRL
n. 1. any woman, usually old but not necessarily so …1791 sl.
n. 2. one’s mother …1846 sl.
n. 3. one’s wife or regular female companion …1853 sl.
n. 4. a general term of address to a woman or female dog or horse …M19 sl.
n. 5. an old maid …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 6. a non-human object …1910s US sl.
n. 7. a college boy’s roommate …1940s African-American students’ sl.
n. 8. a mother-in-law …1940s sl.
• THE OLD GIRL
n. a woman, usually old …L18 sl.
• OLD GIT
n. any man who is considered past his prime …2000 UK sl.
• OLD GLORY
n. anything seen as unfashionable or out of date …1880s African-American sl.
• OLD GOAT
n. 1. a lecherous (older) man …1675 sl.
n. 2. any elderly, disliked person, most often a man, but may be a woman; an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like …20C US colloq.
• OLD GOBBLER
n. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD GOBLIN
n. a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GOGGIE
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1889 Eng. dial.
• OLD GOLD
n. human excrement …L18 sl.
• OLD GOOF
n. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD GOOSEBERRY
n. 1. the devil …L18 sl.
n. 2. anyone who puts an end to a riot or disturbance whether by threats or actual force …L18 sl.
• OLD GOOZLER
n. an old man …1952 Amer. dial.
• OLD GOWN
n. smuggled tea …1860 sl.
• OLD GRABEM PUDDEN
n. an old woman, whether one’s wife or mother …L19 rhyming sl
• OLD GRAMMAW
n. a man who is too particular or fussy …1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANDDAD
n. the praying mantis …1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANDDAD HIPPETY HOP
n. the praying mantis …1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANDPA
n. a man who is too particular or fussy …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD GRANNY
n. a midwife …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD-GREY
n. an old man, a greybeard …1582 obs.
• OLD GRINDER
n. a promiscuous woman …2000 UK sl.
• OLD GUY
n. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD HACK
n. 1. the devil …L19 sl.
n. 2. an old or dilapidated vehicle or boat …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAG
n. 1. a husband …1967 Amer. dial. jocular usage
n. 2. an old man; used as a jocular or opprobrious nickname …1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAGGY
n. the devil …1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAGGY BILL
n. the devil …1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY
n. the devil …1939 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY TOE
n. the devil …1930s sl.
• OLD HALLELUJAH
n. the devil …1942 Amer. dial.
• OLDHAM CHAP
n. an inhabitant of the town of Oldham (Greater Manchester, England) …1877 Eng. dial.
• OLDHAM MON
n. an inhabitant of the town of Oldham (Greater Manchester, England) …1877 Eng. dial.
• OLDHAM ROUGH-HEAD
n. an inhabitant of the town of Oldham (Greater Manchester, England) …1877 Eng. dial.
• OLD HAND
n. 1. one who has been long employed or has experience in any business; one who is skilful in doing something; an expert, a veteran …1785
n. 2. a transported convict; one who has been a convict …1865
vb. (as ‘old-hand’) to deceive, to delude …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD HANGIE
n. the devil …1785 Sc.
• OLD HANNAH
n. the sun …1933 African-American sl.
• OLD HARICOT
n. a fellow; a term of address, usually to a man …1910s sl.
• OLD HARRINGTON
n. the devil …M17 sl.
• OLD HARRY
n. 1. the devil …c1746
n. 2. a rough-looking, strange man …1903 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a hobgoblin used to threaten children …1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD HARRY DICK
n. the devil …1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAT
adj. trite; outdated, old-fashioned …1911
n. 1. the vagina …c1775 US sl.
n. 2. an old person …1867 Eng. dial.
n. 3. sexual intercourse …1888 US sl.
n. 4. the prize supposed to be won by a person telling a great lie …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OLD HATCHEL
n. a mean, bad-tempered person …1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAYMAKER
n. the sun …1862 Amer. sl.
• OLD HEAD
n. 1. a veteran; an elderly person; an old-timer …1899 US sl.
n. 2. a veteran prisoner …1927 US sl.
n. 3. and old hand on the railroad …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
n. 4. a long-time user of marijuana …1959 US sl.
n. 5. a returning student to a school …1963 US sl.
n. 6. an older prisoner …2002 US sl.
• OLD-HEADED
adj. shrewd, sagacious …Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD HEADS
n. the old people of the neighbourhood …1899 US sl.
• OLD HEINE
n. a German soldier …World War I sl.
• OLD HELLION
n. 1. a female schoolteacher …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a cow with a bad temper …1966 Amer. dial.
• OLD HEN
n. a woman, esp. an old one …20C sl.
• OLD HENRY
n. 1. the devil …M17 sl.
n. 2. an automobile, esp. a Ford …1928 Amer. dial.
• OLD HICKORY
n. a $20 bill …1966 US sl.
• OLD HIGE
n. a nagging old woman …1940s W. Indies sl.
• OLD HOB
n. a household spirit, a demon, an apparition …1824 Eng. dial.
• OLD HOME
n. Great Britain …1886
• OLDHOOD
n. advancing years, the period of middle age …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD HOOKY
n. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD HORNEY
n. 1. the penis …18C sl.
n. 2. strong, illegally manufactured whisky …1999 US sl.
• OLD HORNIE
n. 1. the devil …1785 Sc.
n. 2. the penis …18C sl.
• OLD HORNS
n. the devil …1956 Amer. dial.
• OLD HORNY
n. 1. the penis …18C sl.
n. 2. the devil …1853 US sl.
• OLD HORSE
n. 1. a fellow, a man; usually used in direct address …1843 Amer. sl.
n. 2. salt beef …M19 sl.
n. 3. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD HORSEY
n. corn liquor, moonshine …1985 Amer. dial.
• OLD HOSS
n. 1. a fellow, a man; usually used in direct address …1847 Amer. sl.
n. 2. an old man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OLD HOUSE
n. on the railway: a warehouse of salvaged parts …1977 US sl.
• OLD HOUSE THACK
n. the wind …1872 Eng. dial.
• OLD HUDDLE
n. a miser …M16 sl.
• OLD HUDDLE AND TWANG
n. a miser …M16 sl.
• OLD HULDY
n. the sun personified …1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD HUNDERD
n. an old-fashioned person or child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD HUNX
n. a dirty old man; a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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