old lady

n. Slang

1. One's mother.

2. One's wife or girlfriend.

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old lady

1. an informal term for mother¹, wife¹

2. (Animals) a large noctuid moth, Mormo maura, that has drab patterned wings originally thought to resemble an elderly Victorian lady's shawl

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old` la′dy

n.
Slang.

1. one's mother.

2. one's wife.

3. one's girlfriend or female lover.

[1775–85]

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old lady - your own wife; "meet my old lady"

married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

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A very old lady, in a lofty cap and faded silk gown--no less a personage than Mr.

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The curtain at the bed's head was hastily drawn back, and a motherly old lady, very neatly and precisely dressed, rose as she undrew it, from an arm-chair close by, in which she had been sitting at needle-work.

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Suddenly a large old carriage drove up, and a large old lady sat in it: she looked at the little girl, felt compassion for her, and then said to the clergyman:

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Beside the little old gentleman sat a little old lady, plump and placid like himself, and the pony was coming along at his own pace and doing exactly as he pleased with the whole concern.

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Indeed, the Reverend Septimus left off at this very moment to take the pretty old lady's entering face between his boxing-gloves and kiss it.

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Evidently the Frenchwoman looked so becoming in her riding-habit, with her whip in her hand, that she had made an impression upon the old lady. "Who is that woman there?"

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"Her mother was a Montmorency," cried out the old lady, pulling at the bell with all her might.

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I do, anyway, and I think she 's the kindest, best old lady that ever lived, and I love her dearly!"

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He was the disciple of a holy man annexed by a strong-willed old lady. All things would be prepared for them, and when they were respectfully invited so to do they would sit and eat.

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That the old lady did!' said Mr Boffin, with stout pride in the circumstance.

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We have come by another way to our place of meeting yesterday, and--by the Great Seal, here's the old lady again!"

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"It is incredible!" repeated the old lady: "is it not incredible, Louise?" But Louise did not reply; she was sitting, thoughtful, almost sad; passing one hand over her beautiful brow she sighed heavily.

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