Word Finder - olde

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Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

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an old abandoned building;  an old friend

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Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

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I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

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Having existed or lived for the specified time.

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How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.

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(heading) Of an earlier time.

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Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

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Your constant pestering is getting old.

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Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

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A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

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We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV.  My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.

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Excessive, abundant.

In some places at present "they neuerseuertheir lambes from their dammes "; " and the poore of the peeke (high) countreye, and such other places, where, as they vse to mylke theyr ewes, they vse to wayne theyr lambes at 12 weekes olde, and to mylke their ewes flue or syxe weekes "; but that, he observes, " is greate hurte to the ewes, and wyll cause them that they wyll not take the ramme at the tyme of the yere for pouertye, but goo barreyne."

Food is served in the Stove Restaurant where the wooden beams and red brick create an olde worlde atmosphere.

They retain much of the olde world charm you would expect from that era.

While most properties within the group have an olde worlde charm, neither of them feels outdated or stuffy.

In Iune the bayte that breedeth in an olde fallen oke, and the great canker.

Why do they ALWAYS describe it as " a surfeit of lampreys " all posh and Olde English so nobody can understand?

It encompasses several campuses including those at Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Olde Towne Portsmouth.

The distinct Vitamin Shoppe logo, with Ye Olde Spellingeth, is a common sight around malls and business streets in many metropolitan areas.

Martindale's Natural market is located in Springfield, PA, in the Olde Sproul Shopping Center.

Other tattoo fonts include scroll work, Olde English style writing, or unique combinations of fonts.