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Meanings of old colonel in English

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Usage of old colonel in English
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The old colonel had represented that city in Parliament for many years.
The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 2
2
As I entered the drawing-room the old colonel was unfolding a newspaper.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
3
The wise old colonel thought perhaps this might be the right time.
The Last Trail
4
The old colonel was silent, the breath came choking from his bosom.
Good Blood
5
Why, Manley, these boys must be relations of the dear old colonel.
The Young Buglers
6
Vixa stripped to her smallclothes, which caused the old colonel some embarrassment.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
7
The old colonel gasped at such a subversion of the dignity of rank.
The Last Shot
8
The old colonel glanced at him across the table with a grim smile.
Barlasch of the Guard
9
I was hot about it, and the old colonel he saw I was.
Crooked Trails
10
He found his old colonel and lieutenant-colonel walking over the ice.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
11
His old colonel, Wood, was installed at Santiago as military governor.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
12
Vixa found herself wondering if the old colonel slept in his armor, too.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
13
The old colonel and Esquelamar were kneeling by the dead sailor.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
14
Whatever Bogdánich may be, anyway he is an honorable and brave old colonel!
War and Peace
15
You won't let your old colonel fight it out alone with the Prussians!
The Downfall
16
The poor old colonel fell to a more frequent repetition of the 'Well!'
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5
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United States of America
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