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little old lady in tennis shoes
noun
used as a stereotype of an energetic, quirky old woman US, 1984
In 1972, Sports Illustrated titled an article about tennis great Hazel Wightman (1886–1974) “The Little Old Lady in Tennis Shoes”.- [N]ot the people who are in logistics and maintenance or the little old lady in tennis shoes at the Defense Genreal Supply Center. — United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense Appropriations, p. 301, 1961
- “If there’s anything that’s discouraging, it’s the little old lady in tennis shoes crying.” — Raymond Dasmann, The Destruction of California, p. 182, 1965
- Which is all well and good, except that the Little Old Lady in Tennis Shoes (a most dreadful symbol for a city) isn’t what she used to be[.] — Bill Cardoso, The Maltese Sangweech, p. 113, 1984
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