old soldier

Historical Examples

• But fully sixteen lagging years had dragged by since then; and for the old-soldier element the times were out of joint.

  Old Judge Priest

  Irvin S. Cobb

• There were Pompeius and Corvinus, old-soldier friends with whom he exchanged reminiscences of the hard campaign.

  Horace and His Influence

  Grant Showerman

• Old-soldier resource and much hard swearing failed to make it a workable vehicle.

  Pushed and the Return Push

  George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)