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
The hoary-headed monarch, Popocatepetl, looms in the distance, proudly dominating the scene, with Puebla and the hill of Cinco de Mayo on the right.
From Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou
They are hoary-headed maiden ladies now—the youngest as white as the muslin of the frock she wore that night.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge
In contrast to this woman’s stupidity, I have the natural loveliness of the little brown thrush, on my one side, and the hoary-headed wisdom of Mrs. Owl, on my other side.
From How to Cook Husbands by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
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