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Meanings of old elephant in English

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Usage of old elephant in English
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And this is true, as any old elephant hunter will tell you.
Umboo, the Elephant
2
This seemed somewhat to stimulate the beaters and the old elephant.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
3
The old elephant came and sat on your chest, didn't he?
Gods go begging
4
A second old elephant, and a third, stood for a moment, then slowly subsided.
The Elephant God
5
Men of cultivated minds see, in my old house and chimney, a goodly old elephant-and-castle.
I and My Chimney
6
At last, however, he reached a big wooden building, and the old elephant, Hoy, said:
Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant: His Many Adventures
7
That was just what the wise old elephant wanted.
The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One
8
So, every now and then the old elephant leader stopped a bit, and looked back.
Umboo, the Elephant
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Emperor, the old elephant that you rode last year.
The Circus Boys Across the Continent; Or, Winning New Laurels on...
10
The old elephant is the wisest of the herd.
The Tyranny Of Words
11
At length the old elephant hunter decided that they were near enough to chance some shots.
Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle; Or, Daring Adventures in Eleph...
12
A beautiful tree, lofty and immense, gray, wrinkled, scruffy; it looked like a grand old elephant.
Harvest Home
13
Just a rumour my old elephant tusk, my little green baize card table, just a rumour.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
14
This year- old elephant calf was attacked by 14 young lions in Zambia's Norman Carr Safaris Chinzombo Camp.
The South African
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Their first care was to cut off the tusks of the old elephant which were of great size.
In the Wilds of Africa
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For a year or more I have been getting as restless as an old elephant who scents danger.
Allan Quatermain
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