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old lady
noun- a mother US, 1877
- Inspiration’s old lady gave birth to a new brainchild one afternoon at a Rhythm Kings rehearsal[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 54, 1946
- About Benny Bliss’s old lady having been in Doctros’ Hospital for a checkup[.] — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 170, 1954
- “No, no, man,” Manny says with impatience. “My old lady–my mother...” — John Rechy, The Fourth Angel, p. 40, 1972
- “Since my old man left,” he said, “and my old lady tried to make up for it by smothering me with affection, I’ve always valued my friendships with men more than my relationships with women” — Helen Garner, Monkey Grip, p. 138, 1977
- a wife, common-law or legal; a girlfriend US, 1836
- “Hey, look, baby,” I said, “I know you’re Capone’s old lady–uh, uh, I ain’t coming on this tab.” — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 24, 1946
- At twelve that night my old lady bailed me out and met me at the door with some goof balls. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 39, 1953
- Many who would ordinarily take their “old ladies” had left the girls behind in case of a serious clash with the law. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 119, 1966
- Hang on–youse blokes. The Doc’s got to phone his old lady. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 30, 1968
- Not to mention Danny’s old lady[.] — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law [britpulp], p. 48, 1974
- [H]e began coming around inviting us out or up to his place to pick up on music and maybe smoke a little pot and keep him and his old lady company[.] — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 90, 1980
- That old lady of mine is unbelievable. She’d turn a baked dinner cold. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 217, 1992
- the more passive member of a same-sex couple US, 1937
- After that Blocker referred to him as my old lady. — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 103, 1952
- “Pretty soon, if the kid is a little weak he gives in. He becomes some con’s old lady.” — Charles Perry, Portrait of a Young Man Drowning, p. 203, 1962
- I promise not to let no one know about you being my old lady[.] — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 266, 1967
- I don’t want to be anybody’s old lady anymore. I just want to do my time. — The Advocate, p. 14, March 31–April 13 1971
- He had looked into the eyes of convicts, wondering if they saw something, and had got propositioned, proposed to and finally picked by a big colored boy, Monroe Ritchie, to be his old lady. — Elmore Leonard, Glitz, p. 132, 1985
- any old woman UK, 1824
- An obese young woman appears from the left, mopping the floor in a listless, automatic fashion, while an old lady appears in the distance clutching the railing that lines the wall. — The Observer, 20 October 2002
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