old lady

noun

Informal.

1. a mother, usually one's own.

2. a wife.

3. a girlfriend or female lover, especially a female lover with whom one cohabits.

old lady

noun

1. an informal term for mother 1 wife

2. a large noctuid moth, Mormo maura, that has drab patterned wings originally thought to resemble an elderly Victorian lady's shawl

Word History and Origins

Origin of old lady¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

“When she was in the mumu she was a tiny old lady.”

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“She passed on when I was a boy. Sweet old lady. Baked a lovely lemon cake.”

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Like there’s one bit about beating up on an old lady to get her doughnuts, and I say, “Um, I had to hurt her really bad.”

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To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

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"Yes, I would love to go on a mission someday. When I'm an old lady, maybe I'll get a chance to go back in space."

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