OAP

British.

old-age pensioner.

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Example sentences from the Web for oap

One day I decided to try and ascertain if oap would affect fish by being swallowed.
"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific|Louis Becke
Oap is a good thing in which to hide from an enemy, and then spring from and slay him suddenly.
By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories|Louis Becke
The men carried small, unbarbed fish-spears, the women and children baskets and bundles of oap.
"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific|Louis Becke
All fish which were too small to be eaten were thrown into other pools to recover from the effects of the oap.
"Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific|Louis Becke

British Dictionary definitions for oap

OAP

abbreviation for (in Britain)

old age pension

old age pensioner

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