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old woman

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noun

  1. an informal term for mother 1 wife

  2. a timid, fussy, or cautious person

"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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A 63-year old woman and a 77-year old man, both German citizens, died in the incident, they added.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

An old woman hugged him and started to cry.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

In 2023, doctors in Taiwan removed more than 300 kidney stones from a 20 year old woman who had reportedly been drinking bubble tea instead of water.

From Science Daily Mar. 1, 2026

“A grandmother, an old woman like me, alone.”

From Slate Jan. 15, 2026

Farmer says to them, speaking of the old woman in the house, “You love her a lot? Do you tell her? Don’t lie to me now.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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