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old river

noun

a river bed left dry because the river has changed its course.

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Nearby words

  1. old pretender,
  2. old provençal,
  3. old prussian,
  4. old red sandstone,
  5. old ritualist,
  6. old rose,
  7. old russian,
  8. old saw,
  9. old saxon,
  10. old school

Origin of old river

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95
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