any old

Idioms  

1. No particular, whichever or whatever, as in Any old brand of detergent suits me. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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any old

Part of the problem for the palace is that Spencer isn’t just any old brother-in-law but an aristocrat deeply embedded into the royal fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

This wasn’t any old Sunday matchup in the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Rawitch doesn’t get excited by any old bobblehead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

Typically, prequel films are gussied up with franchise callbacks and narrative dot-connecting to distract from the fact that they’re just as cash-grabby as any old sequel.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026

And I didn’t want to just look like any old hobo when I got off the train.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

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