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old man of the woods

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noun

  1. an edible, mild-tasting mushroom, Strobilomyces floccopus, occurring in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.


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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

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 Holman Day

Blackall did not deign to reply, but continued his impotent efforts to shake off his old man of the woods.

From Ernest Bracebridge School Days by William I. Thomas

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 Colonel William Thompson

The modern man is, at heart, the same old man of the woods.

From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by William Henry Pyle

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