old moon

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Origin of old moon

1
First recorded in 1580–90

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How to use old moon in a sentence

  • She would dart out of doors the moment she saw the new moon, and give a wild cry of joy if the old moon was in her arms.

    There and Back | George MacDonald
  • The old moon's eye drooped also over Normanthorpe House, out of the clearest sky that there had been for days.

    The Shadow of the Rope | E. W. Hornung
  • An old moon had risen while the campers slept, so that it was no longer dark out on the lake near by.

  • Overhead, in the desolate sky, the new moon nursed the old moon in her arms.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • To the eastward the crescent of a faint old moon hung low in the sky.

    Murder Point | Coningsby Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for old moon

old moon

noun
  1. a phase of the moon lying between last quarter and new moon, when it appears as a waning crescent

  2. the moon when it appears as a waning crescent

  1. the time at which this occurs

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