OLD-TIMER


Meaning of OLD-TIMER in English

( old-timers)

1.

If you refer to someone as an old-timer , you mean that he or she has been living in a particular place or doing a particular job for a long time. ( INFORMAL )

The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power.

≠ newcomer

N-COUNT

2.

An old man is sometimes referred to as an old-timer . ( AM INFORMAL )

N-COUNT

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