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(Argo) fazla titiz kimse

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) yemişen

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) apsent

yaşlı

Yaşlı adam duymakta zorlanıyor. - The old man was hard of hearing.

Yaşlı adam tek başına yaşıyor. - The old man lives by himself.

Geleneklere bağlı, gelenekçi. "a diplomat of the old school"

eski para

old name

(Bilgisayar) eski ad

(Bilgisayar) eski stil

old times

(deyim) eski güzel günler

old turkish

eski türkçe

old value

(Bilgisayar) eski değer

old woman

yaşlı

Bu mektup yaşlı bayanadır. - This letter is to the old woman.

Karşıya geçen yaşlı bayanı izledim. - I watched the old woman cross the street.

old wool

(Teknik,Tekstil) kullanılmış yün

old wool

(Teknik,Tekstil) eski yün

avrupa, asya ve afrika

Old Glory

Birleşik Amerika bayrağı

Old Testament

Eski Ahit

Hiç Eski Ahit'i okudun mu? - Have you ever read the Old Testament?

Eski Ahit tanrısı kana susamış, küçük ve intikamcı bir zorbadır. - The god of the Old Testament is a blood-thirsty tyrant — petty and vengeful.

old age insurance

old fashionedness

evlenmemiş yaşlı kadın

old people's home

old world vultures

akbabagiller familyası

old-fashioned

eski

Bayan böyle eski moda bir gömlek giymekte ısrar etti. - The lady persisted in wearing such an old-fashioned shirt.

Tom'un kesinlikle bazı oldukça eski-moda fikirleri var. - Tom certainly has some pretty old-fashioned ideas.

old-fashioned

demode

Senin düşüncelerin oldukça demode. - Your ideas are rather old-fashioned.

O telaffuz demodedir. - That pronunciation is old-fashioned.

old-fashioned

eski kafalı

Benim babam biraz eski kafalı. - My father is a little old-fashioned.

Ben biraz eski kafalıyım. - I'm a bit old-fashioned.

old style figures

eski stil figürler

old ticker

Durmaksızın atan/işleyen organımız 'kâlp'

old timers

Eski sayaçlarını

old wive's tale

Koca karı masalı, hurafe

old-school hood jeans

{s} (yaşça) en büyük

{i} yaşlı kimse

{f} daha eski

Çin'in tarihi Japonya'nınkinden daha eskidir. - The history of China is older than that of Japan.

Tatoeba: Bizim sizden daha eski cümlelerimiz var. - Tatoeba: We've got sentences older than you.

{i} kıdemli kimse

{i} ata

{i} yaşça büyük kimse

eldest

en yaşlı

O sınıfında en yaşlıdır. - He is the eldest in his class.

Fatima sınıfımızdaki en yaşlı öğrencidir. - Fatima is the eldest student in our class.

En büyük kız şeker istiyorum diyerek birdenbire konuştu. - Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, I want candy.

En büyük oğlan bütün mülkiyetin varisi oldu. - The eldest son succeeded to all the property.

(Bilgisayar) daha eskiler

Daha modern binalar daha eskilerden daha güvenlidir. - More modern buildings are safer than older ones.

daha yaşlı

O genç görünüyor, ama o aslında senden daha yaşlıdır. - She looks young, but she's actually older than you are.

O,şimdi daha yaşlı ve daha akıllıdır. - He is older and wiser now.

{s} büyük

O benden üç yaş daha büyük. - He's three years older than I am.

Yeni bir çalışma 65'ten daha büyük hastaların hastane kayıtlarının çoğunlukla yanlış olduğunu ortaya atmaktadır, bu durum ciddi tedavi hatalarına yol açabilir. - A new study suggests that hospital records for patients older than 65 are often incorrect, which may lead to serious treatment errors.

Dikkat, bilgeliğin büyük kızıdır. - Caution is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

En büyük kız şeker istiyorum diyerek birdenbire konuştu. - Suddenly the eldest daughter spoke up, saying, I want candy.

eski

Arabamız sizinkinden üç yıl daha eski. - Our car is three years older than yours.

Hangi kitap daha eskidir, bu mu yoksa şu mu? - Which book is older, this one or that one?

oldest

büyük

Büyükannem bu kasabada en yaşlıdır. - My grandmother is the oldest in this town.

En büyük ağabeyim bekardır. - My oldest brother is single.

oldness

yine de

iki kişiden büyük olanı

Yaşlı adam kalbi için güçlü ilaçlar alıyor. - The elderly man takes strong drugs for his heart.

Görevli memur arkasından yaşlı bir adamın geldiğini hissetti. - The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.

same old same old

(Atasözü) Eski taş, eski hamam

Yaşlı bir adam, büyük oğlu, küçük kızı ve küçük bebeği ile eski kiliseye girdi. - An old man entered the old church with his elder son, his younger daughter and her little baby.

{i} yaşlı/itibarlı kişi

kendisine danışılan emekli kimse

yaşça büyük

daha ilerde veya kıdemli olan

Ağabeyim büyük bir ticari kuruluşta görev yapıyor. - My elder brother got a position in a big business.

En büyük oğlum Lech Zaręba'dır. - My elder son is Lech Zaręba.

kıdeml

kilise mütevelli heyeti üyesi

{i} mürver

Mürver suyunu severim. - I love elderberry juice.

iki kişinin yaşça daha büyüğü

daha yaşlı

elder statesman devlet işleri için fikri sorulan

(fiil)skili bir kokteyl

Onlar çok eski dostlar. - They're very old friends.

İyi eski dostları ihmal etmemelisiniz. - You shouldn't neglect good old friends.

Hem Facebook'un hem de Twitter'ın en yaşlı üyesi olan Ivy Bean, 104 yaşında öldü. - Ivy Bean, the oldest user of both Facebook and Twitter, died at 104.

Tom öylesine yaşlıydı ki köydeki en yaşlı bile önceleri onu yaşlı bir adam olarak biliyordu. - Tom is so old that even the oldest in the village first knew him as an old man.

oldest

{s} en eski

Peterhouse Cambridge'in 33 kolejinin en eskisidir. - Peterhouse is the oldest of the 33 colleges of Cambridge.

Bu, Boston'un en eski restoranıdır. - This is Boston's oldest restaurant.

{s} ihtiyar

{s} eskice

{s} oldukça yaşlı

{i} köhnelik

{i} eskilik

Yeni işçiler istihdam etmemiz gerekiyor, eskiler kovuldu. - We need to hire new workers, the old ones have been fired.

İnsanların yeni fikirlerden neden korktuklarını anlayamıyorum. Ben eskilerinden korkarım. - I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

English - English

Definition of old in English English dictionary

Former, previous

But over my old life, a new life had formed.

Having existed or lived for the specified time

My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.

People who are old; old beings

Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years

a wrinkled old man.

Familiar

When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.

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

A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive

We're having a good old time.

That is no longer in existence

The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

The older generation

Tiresome

Your constant pestering is getting old.

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

an old friend.

Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life

An old loaf of bread.

Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused)

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

Obsolete; out-of-date

That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.

{a} ancient, long practiced, long ago

{i} elderly, senior citizens

{s} aged; elderly; not new; veteran; former; of the age #

{i} person who is # years old, person of the age #

A roasted coffee that has been left for too long changes aroma and acquires a specific and disagreeable flavor Similar to oldish but with stronger hay-like flavor

old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise

viejo / vieja

When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now. He remembers the good old days when everyone in his village knew him and you could leave your door open at night

An old friend, enemy, or rival is someone who has been your friend, enemy, or rival for a long time. I called my old friend John Horner The French and English are old rivals

of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

of an earlier time; "his old classmates

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

(1) (Geology) Having become slower in flow and less vigorous in action Used of a river (2) (Geography/Topography) Having become simpler in form and of lower relief; well advanced toward reduction by running water to the lowest level possible Used of topographic features or a landform

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

Something that is old is no longer in good condition because of its age or because it has been used a lot. He took a bunch of keys from the pocket of his old corduroy trousers. an old toothbrush. new

Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice

You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else. The old road had disappeared under grass and heather Although the old secret police have been abolished, the military police still exist

good old: see good to settle an old score: see score up to one's old tricks: see trick. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers Old Catholic church Old Church Slavonic language Old Church Slavic language Old English Old English sheepdog Old Norse language Old Point Comfort Old Testament Old Vic Old World monkey Old Stone Age GOP Grand Old Party Zygmunt Stary Sigismund the Old

In the old days means in the past, before things changed. In the old days we got a visit from the vet maybe once a year

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby'; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

something that was made a long time ago

of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

Of a living being, having lived for relatively many years

lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"

emphasis You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is. The portraits and sumptuous ornaments, and the gold clock, show that this is not just any old front room

Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old

fashioned Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated

A planetary surface that has been modified little since its formation typically featuring large numbers of impact craters; (compare to young)

just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly

(used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"

You use old to talk about how many days, weeks, months, or years someone or something has lived or existed. He was abandoned by his father when he was three months old The paintings in the chapel were perhaps a thousand years old How old are you now? Bill was six years older than David

Disease Names & Their Modern Definitions

Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; used disparagingly as a term of reproach

You use old to refer to something that used to belong to you, or to a person or thing that used to have a particular role in your life. I'll make up the bed in your old room Mark was heartbroken when Jane returned to her old boyfriend

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Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree

used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

Open country

More than enough; abundant

Something that is old has existed for a long time. She loved the big old house These books must be very old. an old Arab (Atasözü). new

feelings You can use old to express affection when talking to or about someone you know. Are you all right, old chap? Good old Bergen would do him the favor

Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes

Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship

Someone who is old has lived for many years and is no longer young. a white-haired old man He was considered too old for the job. = elderly young The old are people who are old. providing a caring response for the needs of the old and the handicapped

Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity

of an earlier time; "his old classmates"

olden

eld

My elder brother got a position in a big business. - My older brother got a position in a big business.

You must be polite to your elders. - Honour the face of the old man.

auld

aged

olde

She is three years older than I am. - She's three years older than I am.

The older you are, the more difficult it is to learn a language. - The older you get, the more difficult it becomes to learn a new language.

Old Armenian

The oldest attested form of the Armenian language, first written down at the beginning of the 5th century AD and spoken until 12th century; then replaced by Middle Armenian. Served as a literary language till 18-19th century. Partly intelligible to speakers of modern Armenian

Old Babylonian

The Akkadian language spoken at that time

Old Babylonian

The historical period of the First Babylonian Dynasty

Old Bailey

the Central Criminal Court in this street

Old Bailey

a street in the City between Holborn circus and St Paul's Cathedral

Old Belarusian

Great Britain, Britain, or England, especially as viewed from abroad

Old Bill

A police officer; the police force.(Can we this quote?) Oxford English Dictionary editor, Old Bill, retrieved on 2007-04-16:

Old Blighty

Old Breton

Extinct European language of the Brittonic subgroup of families, spoken in the North of France in the between the 9th and the 11th century AD

Old Bulgarian

The Bulgarian recension of Old Church Slavonic (9th–11th century)

Old Bulgarian

Old Church Slavonic

Old Catholic Church

A particular Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church over matters of doctrine

Old Chinese

A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE

Old Church Slavic

Old Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic

The first literary and liturgical Slavic language

Old Cornish

An early form of the Cornish language, used circa 800-1200 AD

Old Dart

Britain; the Old Country

Old Dutch

A branch of Old Low Franconian spoken and written during the early Middle Ages (c. 500 - 1150) in the Netherlands and the northern part of present-day Belgium, as well as in areas of northern France along the North Sea coast and ajoining Belgium. This language represents the first attested stage of the Dutch language and its dialects, being succeeded by Middle Dutch in the later Middle Ages. (Also Old West Low Franconian.)

Old Earth Creationism

belief that god created the universe and the Earth very long ago and that the universe and the Earth are as old as scientists suggest

Old East Slavic

A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian

Old East Slavonic

Old English Sheepdogs

Old Egyptian

The Egyptian language as spoken from 2600 to 2000 BC during the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period

Old English

The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in Britain from about 400 AD to 1100 AD. The language is a more inflected language, maintaining strong and weak verbs, nouns, and adjectives. It has a clearly marked subjunctive mood, and has 5 cases of nouns and adjectives. In addition to singular and plural grammatical numbers, there was a dual number for two people. After ca. 884, many Old Norse words made their way into Old English, as Norse settlers in the Danelaw interacted with native Anglo-Saxons

Old English

Middle English

Old English Sheepdog

A breed of herding dog (also used as a pet), with shaggy grey and white fur also covering its face, and a docked tail

plural form of Old English Sheepdog

Old Etonian

Someone who has graduated from Eton College

Old Faithful

A geyser in the American national park of Yellowstone, known for its regular eruptions

Old Father Thames

A personification of the river Thames

Old French

The French language as spoken or written from the 9th to the early 16th centuries

Old Frisian

Language akin to English spoken on the North Sea coast of modern Netherlands and Germany before 1500

Old Georgian

A language of the South Caucasian family, spoken between the 5th Century BC and the 17th Century AD when it evolved into the modern Georgian language

Old Glory

The flag of the United States

Well, we've got to do something to celebrate. We haven't got a flag, we can't float Old Glory proudly out the window. So I'm going to wear this, as an emblem..

Old Greek

A form of the Greek Language intermediate between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek; spoken roughly between the first and sixteenth centuries

Old Harry

The Devil

Old High German

The early recorded form of the German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 12th century

Old IRA

The original Irish Republican Army organisation, operating against British forces in the early 1920's, as distinct from the more modern group operating in the latter half of the 20th century

Old Icelandic

The Old Norse language as spoken and written in Iceland in the Middle Ages, quite similar to Old Norwegian, but differing most markedly in orthography and, to a lesser extent, in phonology

Old Ionian

Old Ionic

Old Ionic

The older form of the Greek Ionic dialect, used up until circa 600 BC

Old Irish

The Irish language as attested from the sixth to the tenth centuries A.D

Old Italian

The continuum of languages derived from Vulgar Latin spoken in the Italian peninsula between circa 960 and the establishment of the Accademia della Crusca in 1582.“” defined by WordNet Search – 3·0

{2} he examples show the use of nonauxiliary verbs. Though similar to Old Italian, this is another difference from contemporary Italian.

Old Japanese

the oldest stage of the Japanese language; spoken through the 8th century and followed by Late Old Japanese

Old Korean

The language spoken in Korea and written in hanja, which evolved into Middle Korean by the 10th Century

Old Latin

The Latin language in the period before the age of Classical Latin; that is, all Latin before 75 BC

Old London Town

London, predominantly the central fifteen or so boroughs

Old Maid

The unmatchable card itself

The Joker will serve as the Old Maid.

Old Maid

A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card

The only card games I know are Go Fish and Old Maid.

Old Marlburian

An ex-student at Marlborough College

Old Master

A painting by an Old Master

Old Master

Any of various early European painters whose works are regarded as superlative

Old Masters

plural form of Old Master

Old Nick

The devil; Satan

Old Norman

The dialect of the Old French language spoken in the north of France during the Middle Ages

Old Norse

The language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic

Old Northern French

Old Norman (the language)

Old Norwegian

The Old Norse language as spoken and written in Norway in the Middle Ages

Old Occitan

Romance language spoken in the south of France which influenced modern Provençal, Occitan and Catalan. Also known as Old Provençal

Old Persian

The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of modern Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 BCE - 300 BCE

Old Picard

The dialect of Old French spoken in Picardy and its neighboring regions which evolved into modern Picard

Old Portuguese

The Portuguese language as spoken or written from 13th to 16th centuries

Old Provençal

Romance language spoken in the south of France which influenced modern Provençal, Occitan and Catalan

Old Prussian

the Baltic language spoken by the people of Prussia prior to their subjugation by the German Order

Old Prussian

Of or pertaining to the Old Prussian language or people

Old Red Sandstone

a red sedimentary rock

Old Russian

The language Proto-Norse or Proto-Scandinavian

Old Saxon

A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian

Old Scandinavian

Old Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic language

Old Slavonic

Common Slavonic language

Old Spanish

Early form of the Spanish language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of Modern Spanish

Old Swedish

The medieval form of the Swedish language, markedly different from the modern language in having more complex case and gender

Old Testament

The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy

Old Trafford

Manchester United Football Club itself

Old Trafford

a cricket ground adjacent to the Manchester United stadium

Old Trafford

the home stadium of Manchester United Football Club

Old Tupi

An extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil

Old Turkic

The earliest attested Turkic language, found in inscriptions by the Göktürks and the Uyghurs in ca. the 7th to 13th centuries

Old Ukrainian

Old Welsh

The Welsh language as it existed from about 800 until the early twelfth century (when it developed into Middle Welsh), not readily intelligible to modern Welsh speakers

Old West

The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement

It can well be imagined what disaster could descend upon a camping party in a wilderness such as the Old West, amidst the enemies which that wilderness supported.

Of, or relating to the Old World

The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe and the Near East

pre-Columbian

The known world before the discovery of the Americas

Old World monkey

A group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini

Old World porcupine

Any of the large, spiny-furred rodents of the order Hystricidae, native to the southern part of the Eastern Hemisphere

old age

The latter part of (human) life. Old age begins with the deterioration of physical abilities such as sight, hearing, walking (stick required), etc. or by definition at a certain age (eg. 80 in present times), and ends in death

People of old age are often hard of hearing.

old age pension

A pension paid to people by the state, when they reach a predefined age, to compensate for loss of earnings

old as the hills

Extremely old

His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.

old bag

a nasty old woman

old ball

a cricket ball that has been used in a previous match; one that has been used in the current match for over 30 overs

old balls

plural form of old ball

old bean

An old friend

old boy

An alumnus, especially of a public school

old boy

Affectionate term of address for a man

Listen, old boy, I've got some news.

old boy network

A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism

His hiring and promotion of senior officers rested not on merit but on an old-boy network of connections from Wall Street and the Social Register.

old boys' club

A boys' club (organization that excludes women), especially one with an established history of male control

old chap

Affectionate term of address for a man

A vigorous, committed attempt or effort

You know, all I can do is go out there and give it the old college try and play my hardest..

old country

The country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent

They never wore glad rags like them in the old country, Billy sneered. They had to come over here to get decent clothes and decent grub..

old days

a long time ago; back in the days; formerly; in the past

old fart

An elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned

old farts

plural form of old fart

old flame

A previous girlfriend or boyfriend; a former romantic partner, especially one for whom one still has romantic feelings

But Philip still yearns for an old flame: Schiffer, an Oscar-winning actress.

old flames

plural form of old flame

old fogey

Old person

old fogies

plural form of old fogey

old folks

One's elderly relations

old folks

The old people of a particular place or social situation

old folks

Senior citizens

old franc

One French franc before January 1960, when it was devalued to 1/100 of its original value and replaced by the new franc, worth 100 old francs

old girl

Affectionate term of address for a woman

Listen, old girl, I've got some news.

old girl

An alumna, especially of a public school

old gold

a brownish gold colour

old gold colour:.

old gold

of a brownish gold colour

old guard

A conservative, reactionary faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas

old guard

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old guards

plural form of old guard

old hag syndrome

A form of sleep paralysis in which the sleeper sees a figure resembling a witch sitting on them while still in bed

old hand

A person who is experienced at a certain activity

My tax advisor is an old hand at dealing with auditors.

old hat

Something uninteresting, hackneyed, or passé due to overuse or long-standing familiarity

Based on the size of the crowd, perhaps the queen is old hat.

old hat

Something widely or long practiced, known, or accepted; something conventional

It is old hat for a sex scandal to bring down a politician.

old hat

Something with which one is very familiar, or in which one is experienced or skilled

Coward is such an old hand at this kind of thing that he makes it seem old hat.

old lace

Of an off-white colour, like that of old lace

old lace

A off-white colour, like that of old lace

old lace colour:.

An elderly woman

The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" or simply "The Old Lady". (see: Bank of England on Wikipedia)

One's girlfriend, wife or significant other

One's mother

A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid"

An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels

Crawford asked Congress to double funding for the FDA's $200 million old-maid-elimination research project.

An old woman who has never married; a spinster

If she is looking for the perfect man before she marries, she'll be an old maid.

A particular kind of periwinkle

An unpaired card in that game

A particular kind of zinnia

One's father

a husband, or significant other

Unit's Commanding Officer

We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.

old mate

In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context

Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.

old men

plural form of old man

Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families

The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system

These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?.