Dictionary: OLDR – OLDZ

• OLD-RAFANT
adj. precocious, prematurely wise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD RAIL
n. a veteran railroader …1930 US sl.
 
• (THE) OLD RAL
n. syphilis …1899 US sl.
 
• (THE) OLD RALE
n. syphilis …1899 US sl.
 
• OLD RAM
n. a virile and/or promiscuous man …M17 sl.
 
• OLD RASPBERRY
n. one who has a notably red nose, presumably a drunkard …1910s sl.
 
• OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES
n. a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear …1934 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD RED
n. 1. whisky …1905 US West sl.
n. 2. the devil …1953 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD RED SOCKS
n. the pope …20C Ulster sl.
 
• OLD REEKIE
n. the old town and subsequently the whole town of Edinburgh …L18
 
• OLD RESIDENTER
n. 1. a resident, an inhabitant; esp. an early settler; a longtime resident …1827 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an old animal or thing, esp. one that has acquired venerable or impressive qualities through age; an antique, a relic …1912 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD RIP
n. 1. a horse …M19 US sl.
n. 2. the devil …1905 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a bad-tempered man; a reprobate; an unpleasant person …M19 Amer. dial.
n. 4. the anus …1970s US homosexual sl.
 
• OLD RIP HIMSELF
n. the devil …1905 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD ROBIN
n. an experienced person …L18 sl.
 
• OLD ROGER
n. 1. the Devil …L17 sl.
n. 2. the pirates’ flag, the Jolly Roger …18C sl.
 
• OLD ROOSTER
n. a lover or philanderer of advanced years …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• OLD ROPE
n. strong, evil-smelling tobacco …1943 services’ sl.
 
• OLD ROUND FOOT
n. the devil …1909 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD ROWLEY
n. the penis …M17 sl.
 
• OLD RUFFIAN
n. the devil …15C
 
• OLD RUFFIN
n. the devil …M15 colloq.
 
• OLD RUFFLER
n. the ace of spades …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLDS
n. 1. old persons; old ones of a set or class …1883 colloq.
n. 2. an Oldsmobile automobile …1932 US sl.
 
• OLD SACK
n. a woman …1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
 
• OLD-SAID-SAY
n. an old saying …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SALLY
n. a hare …1895 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SALT
n. a sailor, esp. an experienced sailor …1840
 
• OLD SALTY
n. the ocean …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• OLD SAM
n. the devil …1805 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SAMSON
n. the devil …1953 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SANDY
n. the devil …1848 Sc. euphemism
 
• OLD SANKO
n. the devil, a devil …1860 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SANNERS
n. the devil …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• OLD SANNY
n. the devil …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• OLD SARAH
n. a hare …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SAUNDERS
n. the devil …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• OLD SAW
n. 1. one’s wife …1870s African-American sl.
n. 2. a homily; a folk saying …20C US sl.
n. 3. an old joke or story …20C US sl.
 
• OLD SCHOLAR
n. God …1975 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD-SCHOOL
adj. 1. old-fashioned; behind the times, out of date …1989 US sl.
adj. 2. in rap music: used of anything pertaining to the early days of the musical styles, esp. the work of such performers as Grandmaster Flash, or Afrika Bambaataa …1980s sl., orig. African-American
adj. 3. used of anything typical of the fashions, music, and general styles of the 1960s-70s …1980s sl.
 
• OLD SCONE
n. an affectionate term of address …1950s sl.
 
• OLD SCOOT
n. a rascal …1906 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SCOOTY
n. the devil …19C
 
• OLD SCOUT
n. a person; usually used as an affectionate term of address …E19 sl.
 
• OLD SCRAT
n. the devil …1851 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SCRATCH
n. 1. the Devil …1740 sl.
n. 2. a hobgoblin used to threaten children …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SCRATCHEM
n. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• THE OLD SCRATCHER
n. the devil …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SCREAM
n. a person; usually used as a term of address …1920s sl.
 
• OLD SCROOGE
n. 1. a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the devil …1986 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SCUDDER
n. an old man …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SEED-FOLKS
n. ancestors, old-timers …1905 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SERPENT
n. the devil …1942 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SETTLER
n. 1. an experienced rogue …1872 US criminals’ sl. obs.
n. 2. a woman in her thirties or older …1940s African-American sl.
 
• OLD SHAKE
n. William Shakespeare …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• OLD SHIP
n. 1. a term of affectionate address …1910s Aust. sl.
n. 2. an old shipmate …1927 naval sl.
 
• OLD SHOE
n. good luck …1890 criminals’ sl.
 
• OLD SHOES
n. rum …L19 sl.
 
• OLD SHOON
n. a cast-off sweetheart ….Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SHOP
n. a prison …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SHOT
n. an old, crafty person …L19 Aust. sl.
 
• OLD SIMPSON
n. the devil …1953 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SIN
n. the devil …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SINCANTER
n. a man …L16 c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
• OLD-SIR
n. an old man …1586 obs.
 
• OLD-SIRE
an aged sire …1586
 
• OLD SIX
n. old ale priced at 6 pence per quart …M19 sl.
 
• OLD SKATE
n. 1. an old, worn-out horse …1905 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an old man …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SKINFLINT
n. a very thin person …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SKOOL
adj. in rap music: used of anything pertaining to the early days of the musical styles, esp. the work of such performers as Grandmaster Flash, or Afrika Bambaataa …1980s sl., orig. African-American
 
• OLD SLIMEY
n. the penis …M17 sl.
 
• OLD SLOP
n. The Times newspaper …M19 sl.
 
• OLD SMITH
n. the devil …1871 Sc.
 
• OLD SMOKE
n. the devil …1878 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SMOKEY
n. the electric chair …1923 sl.
 
• OLD SMOKY
n. 1. an electric chair ..1929 sl.
n. 2. the penis …1953 US sl.
n. 3. a pistol …1959 US sl.
 
• OLD SOAK
n. a drunkard …E19 sl.
 
• OLD SOCK
n. a direct address to a man …1879 US sl.
 
• OLD SOCKS
n. a term of address to a man …M19 Aust. & US sl.
 
• OLD SOD
n. Ireland …19C sl.
 
• OLD SOL
n. 1. a pawnbroker …L19 US sl.
n. 2. the sun …20C US colloq.
n. 3. a card game for one player …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SOLDIER
n. 1. an experienced, but somewhat cunning man …E18 sl.
n. 2. a malingerer; one who pretended to be sick or disabled so he could avoid drill and take life easy in a hospital tent …1805 US military sl.
n. 3. the discarded butt of a cigar; also, a quid of chewed tobacco …1834 US sl.
n. 4. a worthless seaman …1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
n. 5. a simpleton; a naive person …M19 sl.
n. 6. a deceitful person; one who shams illness …1874 Eng. dial.
n. 7. a red herring …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 8. an empty bottle or container …1909 US sl.
n. 9. the penis …1960s US sl.
vb. (as ‘old-soldier’) to hoodwink, as by feigning illness …1892 military sl.
 
• THE OLD SOLDIER
n. the penis …1977 US sl.
 
• OLD SON
n. a direct address to a man …1887 sl.
 
• OLD SONG
n. 1. an old story or saying, a proverb, etc. …1707 Sc.
n. 2. a trifle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SOOGH
n. a customary cant or whining mode of speaking …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• OLD SOOTY
n. the devil …1865 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SOSS
n. the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD SPARKEY;  OLD SPARKY n. the electric chair …1923 sl.
 
• OLD SPLENDID
n. a very admirable person …L19 US sl.
 
• OLD SPLITFOOT
. the devil …19C sl.
 
• OLD SPORT
n. 1. a general greeting or form of address given to a man, usually one that one knows; occasionally given to a woman …M19 sl.
n. 2. any male buddy …20C sl.
 
• OLD SQUARETOES
n. one’s father …c1770 sl.
 
• OLD STAGER
n. 1. an experienced person …M16
n. 2. a master tramp …1927 criminals’ sl.
 
• OLD STANDARD
n. an old-established resident; a person of old standing; an old family …1872 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD-STANDING
adj. that has stood or existed long; long-standing …1608-9
 
• THE OLD START
n. 1. Newgate prison …L18 sl.
n. 2. the Old Bailey …20C sl.
 
• OLD STEG
n. 1. a gander …1800 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a term of contempt for a woman …1800 Eng. dial.
 
• OLDSTER
n. 1. one who is no longer a ‘youngster’; an elderly person; an old person, or a more experienced person …1848
n. 2. a midshipman of four years’ service …19C nautical sl.
n. 3. a veteran …1950s sl.
 
• OLD STEVE
n. any form of narcotic in powder form …1930s drug culture sl.
 
• OLD STICK
n. 1. an eccentric person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the usual condition, the same state of health or circumstances …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD STIFF
n. an old man …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD STOCK
n. a familiar term used in greeting an acquaintance or old-established resident …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD STOCKING
n. a secret hoard …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD STOCKINGS
n. a direct address to a man …1908 US sl. obs.
 
• OLD STONY LONESOME
n. a graveyard personified …1948 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD STRIKE-A-LIGHT
n. one’s father …L19 sl.
 
• OLD STRIPES
n. a tiger …L19 sl.
 
• OLD STUD
n. a familiar term of address …M19 US sl.
 
• OLD SUSIE
n. the horn of a saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD SWEAT
n. 1. an old soldier; any veteran …1919 sl., orig. military
n. 2. an old friend …1990s Irish sl.
 
• OLD TALK
n. chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting …20C W. Indies & Black British sl.
vb. to chatter, to gossip, to make empty promises …20C W. Indies & Black British sl.
 
• OLD TANTARABOBUS
n. a name for the devil …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD THIEF
n. the devil …1822 Sc.
 
• THE OLD THIEF
n. the devil …1838 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD THING
n. 1. a term of address to a person …1864 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a meal of salt beef and damper, a form of leavened bread, baked in the ashes of a fire …M19 Aust. sl.
n. 3. the vagina …M19 euphemism
n. 4. an old friend …20C US colloq.
n. 5. syphilis …1930s US criminals’ sl.
n. 6. the penis …1960s US euphemism
 
• OLD THOUGHT
n. one who is wise or careful beyond his years …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD THRIFT
n. wealth accumulated by the successive frugality of a long race of ancestors …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD-TIME
adj. veteran, old-fashioned …L19 sl.
 
• OLD-TIME-LIKE
adj. old-fashioned …1889 US
 
• OLD-TIMER
adj. veteran, old-fashioned …L19 sl.
n. 1. a veteran …M19 sl.
n. 2. an old man …20C Aust. sl.
n. 3. one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago …20C Aust. sl.
n. 4. a prisoner that has served more than five years …20C US prison sl.
 
• OLD-TIMER’S DISEASE
n. Alzheimer’s disease…1989 sl.
 
• OLD-TIMESY
adj. old-fashioned, out-of-date …1850 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD-TIMEY
adj. old-fashioned, out-of-date, old …1850 Amer. dial.
n. something that is old-fashioned …1850 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD-TIMINESS
n. old-fashioned character …1887
 
• OLD TIN OF FRUIT
n. a general term of affectionate address …1920s sl.
 
• OLD TOAST
n. 1. a brisk old fellow fond of his liquor; one who drinks to excess; a boon companion; a drunkard …1698 sl. obs.
n. 2. the devil …L17
n. 3. a lively old man …L18 UK criminals’ sl.
 
• OLD TOM
n. 1. strong gin …1821 sl.
n. 2. a lesbian …1960s US sl.
n. 3. a prostitute catering to lesbians …1960s US sl.
n. 4. an old lesbian …1970s US homosexual sl.
 
• OLD TOOT
n. a shiftless, lazy person …1888 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD TOP
n. a direct address to a man …1887 US sl.
 
• OLD TROLLOCK
n. trash; worthless or unwanted material …1927 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD TROT
n. 1. an old woman …M14 sl.
n. 2. a dubious story …1940s sl.
 
• OLD TROUT
n. an unattractive (old) woman …1897 sl.
 
• OLD TURNIP
n. an affectionate term of address …1920s sl.
 
• OLD ‘UN
n. an old person, esp. a parent …M19 sl.
 
• OLDUN
n. a wise or knowing person; a cunning person …1897 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD UNCLE
n. a great-uncle …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• OLD VET
n. a malingerer …1862 US military usage
 
• OLD VULTURE
n. a companion in crime …1889 criminals’ sl. obs.
 
• OLD WAGON
n. an old ship …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• OLD WAR
n. 1. the American Civil War (1861-1865) …1937 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) …1960 Amer. dial.
 
• OLDWARD
adj. having the old tendency …1624 obs. rare
 
• OLD WARRIOR
n. any article that has seen much service; a veteran …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLD WHISKERS
n. 1. a working man with long, unkempt, greying whiskers, usually shouted out by impudent children …M19 sl.
n. 2. an old man …M19 sl.
 
• OLD WHITE HORSE
n. a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave …1965 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD WIFE
n. 1. an old woman; now usually disparaging …1340
n. 2. (as ‘oldwife’) a herring …1588 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a talkative, gossiping person …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
• OLD WIGSBY
n. a crotchety, narrow-minded, elderly man who snappishly can see no good in any modern thing …1842
 
• OLD WIVES’ PATERNOSTER
n. grumbling, nagging …L16 sl.
 
• OLD WOMAN
n. 1. one’s wife …1722
n. 2. the female genitals …19C Brit. sl.
n. 3. a swivel-mounted deck gun …1823 US Navy sl.
n. 4. a mother …1834 sl.
n. 5. a term of address to a woman of any age …M19 sl.
n. 6. in cards: a queen …1878 US sl.
n. 7. a male cook, as on a ranch …1922 US sl.
n. 8. a fussy, silly person of any sex or age …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• OLD-WOMAN-HOUSE
n. a hospital for old women …1634
 
• THE OLD WOMAN IS A-LOSIN’ HER FEATHERS
phr. large flakes of snow are falling fast …1942 Amer. dial.
 
• THE OLD WOMAN IS PICKING HER GEESE
phr. it is snowing …1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
• THE OLD WOMAN IS PLUCKING THE GEESE
phr. it is snowing …1983 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD WOMAN’S LUCK
phr. having the wind in one’s face both going and returning …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• THE OLD WOMEN
n. the prisoners, who, being unfit for physically hard work, are employed in knitting stockings …c1865 UK prison sl.
 
• OLD WOODPECKER
n. one who would be hard to take by surprise …US Civil War usage
 
• OLD WORD
n. a proverb, saying, saw …1896 Sc.
 
• OLD WUNT
n. a habit more or less objectionable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• OLDY
n. 1. an old person …1874 sl.
n. 2. an old, joke, story, etc.; an old and familiar popular song, motion picture, etc. …1939 US sl.
 
• OLD-YEAR-GONE
n. December 31st, New Year’s Eve …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD-YEAR-OUT
n. December 31st, New Year’s Eve …1967 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD YEAR’S DAY
n. the last day of the old year …Bk1909
 
• OLD YEAR’S EVE
n. New Year’s Eve …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD YEAR’S EVENING
n. New Year’s Eve …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD YEAR’S NIGHT
n. New Year’s Eve …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• OLD YOUNG
adj. middle-aged …1898 Sc.
 
• OLD YOUTH
n. a healthy old man; an old man who wears well …1790 Eng. dial.