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Meanings of old hand in English
Synonyms
Examples for "veteran"
Examples for "veteran"
1
As one industry veteran said: No one really likes high oil prices.
2
The Second World War veteran has raised £33m for health service charities.
3
The deal marks the industry veteran's second acquisition in as many months.
4
Rainier National Park on New Year's Day by an Iraq war veteran.
5
It's a good veteran experienced team, and they play the right way.
1
His warhorse grew excited, fought him for control as it danced forward.
2
Binnesman the wizard sat atop Raj Ahten's own great gray Imperial warhorse.
3
He spurred a great Imperial warhorse toward the fortress, drew his hammer.
4
Shasta escapes from the land of Calormen with a Narnian warhorse, Bree.
5
There were no heavy tracks from a warhorse, no tracks from men.
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The old stager turned round and stared at the younger politician.
2
Steven Pienaar This old stager is a leading light for South Africans abroad.
3
She is at her business as a stager of new fashions.
4
My horse was a steady old stager, not at all given to shying.
5
From the off Byrne played up the role of the curmudgeonly old stager.
1
He says, 'Let me help you with that, oldtimer.'
2
Pilgrims and tenderfeet they were, and their lack of foresight might well shock an oldtimer like Murphy.
3
A reg'lar oldtimer it's agoin' to be.
4
Frankie P., the Lunch Bunch oldtimer who was chairing the meeting, asked if someone wanted to do the Chip Club.
5
The oldtimer would have bombarded it with a large brunette pill about the size and color of a damson plum.
1
I'd've thought an old-timer like you would've known to bring a radio.
2
Despite his youth, Kane is something of an old-timer in musical terms.
3
He feels constantly on him the amusedly critical eye of the old-timer.
4
He remembered the advice of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek, and smiled.
5
The old-timer was his enemy of the river pirates, old Shorty Thunder.
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The old stager turned round and stared at the younger politician.
2
Steven Pienaar This old stager is a leading light for South Africans abroad.
3
My horse was a steady old stager, not at all given to shying.
4
From the off Byrne played up the role of the curmudgeonly old stager.
5
What could she make out of an old stager like me!
Usage of old hand in English
1
In a moment she returned with an old hand-organ in her arms.
2
She held out the watch toward Levine in one trembling old hand.
3
The old hand threw himself back on his pillow in skeptical irritation.
4
The albino was an old hand and could rightly read the signs.
5
She took his wrinkled old hand in hers so plump and dimpled.
6
The general seized a withered, frail old hand with a strong grip.
7
Sabre saw the wrinkled, fumbling old hand between the strong brown fingers.
8
He struck his thin old hand on the edge of his desk.
9
She put out a strong, earth-stained old hand and took the chair.
10
Twice he leaped over the net, but Patty was an old hand.
11
The actress laid her slender, burning fingers on his cool old hand.
12
Visiting the Funny Farm isn't a job for an old hand, Bob.
13
But no one would have paid any thing for my old hand.
14
A mistake would have been fatal, but he was an old hand.
15
Prince Paser, however, is an old hand at dealing with such complaints.
16
Phillips seemed to be an old hand at this kind of thing.
