have (or have grown) whiskers
informal (Especially of a story) be very old.The contents are usually tacky rubbish - a big coloured paper hat which you wear, a very cheap plastic toy made in Hong Kong, and a joke so old it has whiskers bigger than Santa Claus's....- There is scant joy to be derived from a joke that has grown whiskers.
- This business of being a multiculturalist has whiskers on it already.
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