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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

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Two exhumations have taken place so far, including the remains of a 94 year old woman who died in 2018, and a 78 year old patient who died in 2015.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

The old woman smiles for the first time and tells me her name is Gloria López Rodríguez.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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