oldy
Americannoun
plural
oldiesExample Sentences
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The stairs all creak and there are no curtains on any of the windows and all the main rooms seem huge after what I’m used to and they’re scattered with big old comfortable furniture and paintings and books and huge fireplaces you can walk into and animals posing around the place to make it look even more authentic oldy worldy.
From Literature
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The bathrooms turn out to be pretty oldy worldy too or maybe I should say antique and make a huge noise whenever you want to do anything private.
From Literature
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Although the platter has just been pressed, it promises to become what the deejays call a "Golden Oldy."
From Time Magazine Archive
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She has a pretty bad time, poor thing! 'cause she is so oldy that she is kept on a shelf till she's all dusty.
From Project Gutenberg
For an account of this rare and valuable work, see Oldy's British Librarian, page ii.
From Project Gutenberg
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