Oldie vs Oldman - What's the difference?
oldie | oldman |
As nouns the difference between oldie and oldman is that oldie is something or someone old while oldman is (nonstandard|proscribed) an old man.
oldie English
Noun
( en noun)
something or someone old
a song or record from a previous era
(plural ) the genre of music that plays these songs
- an oldies radio station
Derived terms
* golden oldie
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oldman English
Noun
( oldmen)
(nonstandard, proscribed) An old man.
* 1891 , Armenian popular songs, translated into English , page 64:
- Our Lord an oldman with a white beard
- Seated in glory on the cross
* 1986 , A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror , page 160:
- One of the oldmen started jabbering, US number one, VC number ten thou . . .
* 2007 , Bijay Kumar Das, Critical essays on post-colonial literature , page 146:
- The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides.
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