old man of the woods
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When he did, it was in a wonderfully scratchy bass voice that sounded like an old man of the woods telling a tale of those who had passed by his tree hundreds of years ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2015
The modern man is, at heart, the same old man of the woods.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry
"Well, I can give you some milk," answered the old man of the woods.
From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm by Nosworthy, Florence England
My dogs closed round me and the girls at sight of that "old man of the woods," that awful apparition, ceased their laughter.
From Reminiscences of a Pioneer by Thompson, William, Colonel
She was not sure how much she did care for the hard old man of the woods.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
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