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

The blender caked with a week’s worth of old food.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Koenig died overnight at his home in North Hollywood in Los Angeles, his agent Zachery McGinnis said in a statement, citing the cause of "old age" without further details.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The sounds come from all over, a mix of old and new whose origins are difficult to pinpoint, and they are assembled to conjure amusement and delight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

To those images, he adds still lifes he has made of colonial art collections or the architecture of old slave dungeons in Ghana, where the imprisoned were held before transport to the Americas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The liquid was still thick, and still the color of old blood, but the dirt taste was gone, as was the spicy bitterness.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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