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  • noun Plural form of old-timer.

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Examples

  • Juan Ariso calls the old-timers "the businessmen."

    NYT > Home Page By JENNIFER MEDINA 2011

  • “Some of the real old-timers remember St. Frances in the 1960s and 1970s, and they will often say, ‘now that was a great parish,’ ” Fr.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • We have lived off my wife's meager salary for the past year and then some, and have cut back in ways I've only ever heard the old-timers talk about (Great Depression).

    Morality of the kill 2009

  • What do some of you old-timers, think about "Tweety" with a picture of a budgie?

    GRINGOS AND GRINGAS....what's in an appelation? 2009

  • We have lived off my wife's meager salary for the past year and then some, and have cut back in ways I've only ever heard the old-timers talk about (Great Depression).

    Morality of the kill 2009

  • What do some of you old-timers, think about "Tweety" with a picture of a budgie?

    GRINGOS AND GRINGAS....what's in an appelation? 2009

  • We were visiting there a couple of years ago and I was having a chat with one of the "old-timers" who (talking about something that Danny Williams did) said, "Well - the arse is out of 'er now".

    Archive 2009-10-01 2009

  • What do some of you old-timers, think about "Tweety" with a picture of a budgie?

    GRINGOS AND GRINGAS....what's in an appelation? 2009

  • After greeting a few old-timers he recognizes, Reyes turns to me, steely-eyed.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • "We still have old-timers stop by for burgers and beers before they run down to the game, but the new restaurants in Citi Field are definitely taking away some of our business."

    New Stadiums Foul Out With Merchants Kavita Mokha 2011

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