old woman

noun

1. an informal term for mother 1 wife

2. a timid, fussy, or cautious person

Other Word Forms

• old-womanish adjective

Example Sentences

Except when you find other old women or men to skate with, calibrated to your speed.

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"April" opens with the image most of these films build to: A naked old woman with sagging breasts, trunk-like legs, and a bald head, portrayed by an actor in a full-body prosthetic suit.

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I’m reminded of my former neighbor in Yucca Valley, California, a bubbly, friendly old woman who lived with her elderly son.

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The rich old woman can’t bribe her away out of murder.

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“It’s important for me, when I’m an old woman, to be able to play my grandkids these songs that I wrote for myself — to say, ‘These were my specific stories.’”

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Related Words

• granny