oldsters

A factor that goes against modern players totals and aids the oldsters is the modern rotation.

Matthew Yglesias » PEDs 2010

The preceding June had seen the graduation of the last class of "oldsters" -- of those who, after five years at sea, had spent the sixth at the Academy, subjected formally to its discipline and methods.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

So, I wondered why these "oldsters" were singing in the beginning of Act Two.

Mike Ragogna: Iowa's Hairapalooza!: A Conversation With Director Randy West, Choreographer Adam Cates, And The Cast Of Hair 2010

I often think that it is a shame that our children today do so little reading and/or aren't exposed to the morals that these early childrens 'books taught we "oldsters" in our formative years. reply

Madeline Brandeis. 2009

I attended Internet Librarian 2006 a few weeks ago and there were many "oldsters" there.

Old and Slow and Yet Still Working Well ricklibrarian 2006

I attended Internet Librarian 2006 a few weeks ago and there were many "oldsters" there.

Archive 2006-11-01 ricklibrarian 2006

First, it could just mean that "oldsters" should just remove barriers that are holding back youthful innovation.

Archive 2006-11-01 ricklibrarian 2006

First, it could just mean that "oldsters" should just remove barriers that are holding back youthful innovation.

Old and Slow and Yet Still Working Well ricklibrarian 2006

While I can vouch for this general state of feeling, I cannot be sure of its derivation; but I have always thought it due to the presence during the previous five years of the "oldsters," nominally under the same discipline as ourselves, but looked up to with the respect and observance which at that age are naturally given to those two or three seasons older.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

However I believe we 'oldsters' underestimate both the idealism and the intellectual engagement of our young people in general, and our university students in particular.

Slugger O'Toole Mick Fealty 2010