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Meanings of old dame in English

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Usage of old dame in English
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That night the Troll began to talk to the old dame again.
Popular Tales from the Norse
2
The kitchen was a crucible, and the old dame a mediaeval alchemist.
The Dragon Painter
3
Nothing, could be more forbidding than the aspect of the old dame.
The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha...
4
But the old dame had been wholly frank in forming Miss Lawrence.
An Ambitious Man
5
A sad tale of a grand old dame selling off her jewels?
Reuters
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She passed a sleepless night; but in the morning the old dame remarked:
The Green Fairy Book
7
The old dame left the attic, and the pilot got between the sheets.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
8
The old dame threw aside the shoji like an armor, and walked in.
The Dragon Painter
9
In this surmise the old dame was, for once, at fault.
The Dragon Painter
10
The pipe was in the old dame's mouth when she said these words.
Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories
11
The old dame then shifted her ground, and turned the discourse another way.
Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian
12
It's lucky that intolerable old dame is under the sod forever.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
13
Then the old dame leapt upon his back as nimbly as a goat.
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) / Myths and Legendary He...
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The old dame has given you no more than your due.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
15
And a bad lot of them too, said the old dame.
Popular Tales from the Norse
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It excited, as I anticipated, great admiration from the old dame.
The Gypsies
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Old dame through the time
Old dame across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare