Old Man of the Sea
Americannoun
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(inThe Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
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a burden, annoyance, care, or the like, from which it is extremely difficult to free oneself.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Tiffany himself, looking a little like the Old Man of the Sea, hobbled round the halls and presented the Foundation's gold medal to a dapper young Italian with a very large cravat, Umberto Romano.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the title story, the Old Man of the Sea is played by an extraordinarily antic marriage broker who enmeshes a young rabbinical student as thoroughly as Susskind did Fidelman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he found it in mortal danger from Jesse Jones, the Administration's Old Man of the Sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Old Man of the Sea smiled, showing off his mossy green teeth.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
I’m not sorry this has happened––feel as if the Old Man of the Sea had dropped off me.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley
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