age-old
adjective/ˌeɪdʒ ˈəʊld/
/ˌeɪdʒ ˈəʊld/
[usually before noun]- having existed for a very long time
- an age-old custom/problem
Extra Examples- All the villagers followed the age-old custom of taking a siesta after lunch.
- How do you tackle the age-old problem of corruption in politics?
- The city is the centre of an age-old civilization.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAge-old is used with these nouns:- argument
- custom
- debate
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