of old

Idioms  

1. Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade. This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.

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of old

Nine Brewdog vehicles of "old age and varying roadworthiness" that made only £6,250 from just one sale.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Shah was propelled to office with enormous support offering a new face of old generation of leaders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Bull markets don’t die of old age, as they say,” Oppenheimer’s Wald told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Down here, in the temple’s literal bowels, there was no faint smell of ink and parchment, only the clashing smells of old wood, sweet hay, and mucked dung.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Related Words

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