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Definition of Old woman

1. Noun. A woman who is old.

2. Noun. Herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant.

Definition of Old woman

1. Noun. (literally) An elderly woman. ¹

2. Noun. (context: informal derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) Old mother. ¹

4. Noun. (informal idiomatic) Wife. ¹

5. Noun. (informal) Old female partner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Woman

old stager old stick old style old style font old sweat old sweats old time old time used to be old times old timey

old wine in a new bottle old wives' tale old wives' tales old women old yellow enzyme oldbie oldbies olde olde tyme olde worlde

olden oldened oldening oldens older older adult older than the hills

Literary usage of Old woman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dombey and Son. by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"cried the old woman bugging herself with her lean arms in her exultation. ... said the old woman, bending greedily over the table to look at the money, ..."

2. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"old woman. That's true for you indeed, and it's long I'm on the roads since I first went ... old woman. Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, ..."

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