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• old-timer, old timer

名詞

oldtimer (plural oldtimers)

1. An elderly person.
2. A veteran.
3. (non-native speakers' English, chiefly Germany) A classic car or vintage car.
   • 1970 03, Motor Cycling and Motoring:

     Are you already familiar with: […] The museums for oldtimers, racing cars, bicycles in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Neckarsulm and Langenburg?

   • 2010 February 24, W. Stahel, The Performance Economy, Springer, →ISBN, page 255:

     Oldtimers are rare on Japan's roads and can be admired only in manufacturers' museums.

   • 2013 March 9, Leo Montada, Melvin J. Lerner, Responses to Victimizations and Belief in a Just World, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 205:

     Someone had ran into his special car, an oldtimer. The insurance would pay him much less than he had payed for the car.

   • 2022 July 26, “Opel Classics to Participate in Germany's Biggest Oldtimer Rally”, in LifePR (press release)‎:

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同意語

• (elderly person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

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名詞

old-timer (plural old-timers)

1. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
   1. An elder.

      Synonyms: (elder) oldster, oldie, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

      Hypernym: person

      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.

   2. A veteran.

      Synonyms: (veteran) old hand, warhorse

      Hypernym: person

      Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.

      • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, “Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped”, in The Guardian‎:

        It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they wanted kids to be watching?

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