Tom is an old-timer.
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Old-timer
Synonyms for "old-timer" (83 found)
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12 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 老前輩 /老前辈 noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Finnish
1 entries- veteraani noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
French
1 entries- vétéran noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
German
1 entries- alter Hase noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Māori
1 entries- pūtoetoe noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Persian
1 entries- قدیمی noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Polish
1 entries- weteran noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Portuguese
1 entries- veterano noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Romanian
2 entries- vechi locuitor băștinaș noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
- veteran noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
Russian
2 entries- ветера́н noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
- старожи́л noun (one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience)
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Being of a highly Americanized old-timer generation of Filipinos, my mother still is not really accustomed to English. When my family first immigrated to North America, she pronounced "raspberry" with an unsilent P. After more than 45 years on the new continent, her accent still sounds foreign.
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Her old-timer generation was not well-educated.
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A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer? B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am! A: It takes one to know one, after all.
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