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Definition of
age-old adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
age-old
adjective
adjective
[
usually before noun
]
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having existed for a very long time
an
age-old custom/problem
See
age-old
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old age
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old-age pension
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old-age security
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old-age pensioner
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a/the grand old age
a/the ripe old age (of…)
Idioms
a/the grand old age
a/the ripe old age (of…)
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noun
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