old-man's-beard
[ ohld-manz-beerd ]
/ ˈoʊldˌmænzˈbɪərd /
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Origin of old-man's-beard
First recorded in 1735–45
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How to use old-man's-beard in a sentence
In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
Between 25 and 30, you’re trying to decide how much longer before you start growing a beard and calling yourself ‘Daddy.
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.
He thrust his tiny tuft of beard between his teeth—a trick he had when perplexed or thoughtful.
British Dictionary definitions for old-man's-beard
noun
any of various plants having a white feathery appearance, esp traveller's joy and Spanish moss
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