hoary-headed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hoary-headed
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Midway through a discussion of the 1876 election with Eric Sevareid, Moyers had to apologize for suggesting that the hoary-headed commentator had been around that year: "Of course, you won't recall it personally, Eric."
From Time Magazine Archive
Off for Tasmania last week with 225 rubber balloons, large tanks of hydrogen and a short-wave radio receiving set sailed hoary-headed Robert Andrews Millikan, pious physicist of the California Institute of Technology.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the motto progress inscribed upon his banner, he was at heart and in soul as much with the young as the hoary-headed.
From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou
It was eleven months and two weeks old, we were informed, and, therefore, a hoary-headed veteran as compared to Baby Paul.
From A Top-Floor Idyl by George Van Schaick
An hoary-headed old man then came forward, and said: 'Duke, do you give up all hope before you have tried the strength of our arms?
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Wilhelm Hauff
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