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What (who) is old woman - definition
old woman
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Old woman (disambiguation); The Old Woman
(old women)
If you refer to someone, especially a man, as an old woman, you are critical of them because you think they are too anxious about things. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT [disapproval]
old woman
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Old woman (disambiguation); The Old Woman
¦ noun
1. an elderly woman.
2. (one's old woman) informal one's mother, wife, or female partner.
3. derogatory a fussy or timid person.
Derivatives
old-womanish adjective
The Old Woman (Giorgione)
PAINTING BY GIORGIONE
The Old Woman is a 1506 oil on canvas painting by Giorgione, still in its original frame and now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
Examples of use of old woman
1. Apparently, if she smokes and shes fat, a 30–year–old woman can pass for a 40–year–old woman.
2. "If she could give something she would." Emily donated two kidneys to a 4'–year–old woman and a 50–year–old woman.
3. Kitagawa was convicted of killing an 18–year–old woman in 1'83 and a 24–year–old woman in 1'8', stealing money from both his victims, NHK reported.
4. A 50–year–old woman died in the hospital Wednesday.
5. Rape, strangling and drowning of a 28–year–old woman.