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单词 old lady
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old lady

singular noun [usually poss NOUN]
Some men refer to their wife, girlfriend, or mother as their old lady.
[informal]
He had met his old lady when he was a house painter and she was a secretary.

old lady in British English

noun
1.  an informal term for mother1, wife (sense 1)
2. 
a large noctuid moth, Mormo maura, that has drab patterned wings originally thought to resemble an elderly Victorian lady's shawl

old lady in American English

Slang
1. 
one's mother
2. 
one's wife
3. 
one's girlfriend or mistress, often, specif., when one lives with her

Examples of 'old lady' in a sentence
old lady

That old lady thought the space was hers, but you took it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And on a bench an older lady tries to ignore him - until he wins her by pulling silly faces.
The Sun (2016)
I saw one of them speak to an old lady who accidentally dropped a receipt as she came out of a shop.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Maybe it is because I am an old lady.
The Sun (2016)
So next time don't steal an old lady's parking space.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She glanced surreptitiously at the old ladies.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is no way to treat an old lady.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Did you see an old lady or a young lady?
O'Keeffe, John Your One Week Way to Mind-Fitness (1994)
The older lady also was new.
Christianity Today (2000)
Then simply wander through the hazards of history, noting the old ladies sitting outside their homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The old lady didn't know where to look.
The Sun (2007)
So democratic governments go to absurd lengths, making old ladies take off their shoes in airports.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Now the old lady was sick, and it was said she could not recover.
Hans Christian Andersen Andersen's Fairy Tales (1874)
A third old lady hovers in the background.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
It had been lived in by an old lady, the mother of the person who was selling it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
GOING out with an older lady requires us fellas to be on top of our game at all times.
The Sun (2009)
Indeed, the sight of an old lady going about her daily routine is common to towns and cities across the country.
The Sun (2011)
He had indeed left the bag behind - in the house of an old lady whom he had just robbed at knife point.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One of the script's master strokes is this little old lady's power to make hardened crooks feel ashamed of themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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