wrinklies

British  

/ ˈrɪŋklɪz /

plural noun

1. informal old people

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Example Sentences

It’s clearly indebted to Rosemary’s Baby, in which Mia Farrow’s respectable neighbours turn out to be a similar cabal of evil wrinklies, pulling the strings of her nightmare pregnancy.

From The Guardian

He's a member of the Wrinklies, a group which plays table tennis in Ottery St Mary, Devon.

From BBC

So I’m thinking this is where the stiff monthly premiums pay off, when my insurance company rides in and rescues all us wrinklies, shouldering our deep financial burdens, taking on our risks, enveloping us in the warm bosom of its protection.

From Washington Post

He claims to be serious—seriously tough, seriously clever, “the best in the world at finance”, as he told the wrinklies in Sarasota.

From Economist

But America will see the “rise of the wrinklies,” as one author put it, as the number of elderly Americans grows faster than the number of babies and very young children.

From Washington Times