Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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- adjective having grey hair, usually implying old
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
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Examples
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Being kindly, that grey-haired lady feels the pain.
Ellen Siminoff: "Imagine" Finding a Song That Moves You Ellen Siminoff 2011
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Being kindly, that grey-haired lady feels the pain.
Ellen Siminoff: "Imagine" Finding a Song That Moves You Ellen Siminoff 2011
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But to forestall the recognition of a Palestinian state he will happily cosset influential end-timers like Glenn Beck, who apparently has a touch of Jerusalem syndrome, a religiously-induced form of psychosis I first learned about from an episode of The X-Files, in which a grey-haired millionaire leaves a trail of mayhem and destruction in his wake following a trip to the holy city.
Ariel Gonzalez: Infallible Israel Ariel Gonzalez 2011
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He was tall, he was grey-haired, he had lips you could post a letter through, he moved as though his underwear were double-starched.
Measure For Measure deliasherman 2010
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But to forestall the recognition of a Palestinian state he will happily cosset influential end-timers like Glenn Beck, who apparently has a touch of Jerusalem syndrome, a religiously-induced form of psychosis I first learned about from an episode of The X-Files, in which a grey-haired millionaire leaves a trail of mayhem and destruction in his wake following a trip to the holy city.
Ariel Gonzalez: Infallible Israel Ariel Gonzalez 2011
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Over the past fortnight a rap song calling the health secretary "Andrew Lansley tosser" and "greedy Andrew Lansley… you grey-haired manky codger" has become a theme tune of the anti-cuts movement.
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A grey-haired man two stools down nodded his head and took a pull from a glass stein.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Light blue tracery zigged and zagged back to his grey-haired temples and down each side of his neck.
365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Sadly, I imagine a grey-haired woman wearing artsy earrings gets dismissed quite often by the tech or business world.
Women Grow Business » Lessons From Austin For Women In Business 2010
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He was tall, he was grey-haired, he had lips you could post a letter through, he moved as though his underwear were double-starched.
Measure For Measure deliasherman 2010
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