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old sweat

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noun

  1. an old soldier; veteran

  2. a person who has a great deal of experience in some activity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The inside of the head smells of fresh grass and old sweat.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2020

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA It would be wrong to say they shut them up – the Irish sing through thick and thin – but , on their debut, had the champions in a rare old sweat.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2012

Lysol, old sweat and maybe some cheap environmental deodorizer that makes a vomitous mix of the other two.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2010

He smelled of old sweat, and she felt a sudden piercing longing for that Old Spice left behind in Nsukka.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Erin’s parents are wearing depressing old sweat suits.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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