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oldie colloq.|ˈəʊldiː|
Also oldy.
[f. old a. + -ie (see -y6).]
1. An old or elderly person; an adult; an ‘old hand’. Freq. in ironical contexts.
1874L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 89 We scurried off pretty quick, leaving all the oldies buried in spiders' nests (not their bodies but their minds). Ibid. 97, I am now in my seventeenth year, isn't it sad? I shall soon be an ‘oldy’. I shan't wear a cap. 1936Silver Screen Feb. 64 Ruthie is..upset at the thought of her sister marrying such an oldie as Mr. Kruger. 1957W. Camp Prospects of Love ix. 183 Of course Mrs. Lawrence must come too. She would keep the ‘oldies’ company. 1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 10 As for me, eighteen summers, rising nineteen, I'll very soon be out there among the oldies. 1959Encounter Oct. 73/2 As for me, as an oldie and a taxpayer I dig this book. 1968Blues Unlimited Dec. 26 The artists here are ‘oldies, but goodies’. 1971Daily Tel. 12 May 14/6 To oldies over 30, the mere phrase ‘alternative society’ is liable to be a cause for instant apoplexy. 1972J. Brown Chancer xv. 199 We've got our rights, haven't we, same as the oldies.
2. Something old or familiar; an old song, tune, film, etc. Also, an old or well known idea or suggestion.
1940Amer. Speech XV. 205/1 Oldies, old tunes or films. 1951Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 17 Dec. 3/5 If your old jalopy is cranky and has been acting up under the stresses of urban life, maybe you ought to retire it to Prudence Island... Real oldies are just the thing on Prudence Island. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iv. 475 Here's an oldie, friends, Rudy Vallee singing, Love Made a Gypsy Out of Me. 1959‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder xv. 157 ‘But fiddling with the clock-face—what an oldie!’.. ‘It's so well-worn, I don't think anyone'd still have the nerve to pull it.’ 1962John o' London's 4 Jan. 18/1 Then there is the slightly more dubious pleasure of watching goodish oldie films like Rebecca. 1970E. Lee Music of People xiv. 236 These tunes..are frequently rehashed as new versions of ‘good old oldies’. 1972Guardian 22 May 11/1 The arguments against? To begin with, an oldie: do you punish an effect or cure the cause? 1972Practical Motorist Oct. 162/1 On recirculatory heaters—used on the ‘oldies’—a rheostat switch controls the speed of the fan. 1973Times 29 Nov. (Christmas Bk. Suppl.) p. ii/5 Those two golden oldies, Frenchman's Creek and Jamaica Inn. 1975Listener 9 Jan. 57/1 Dragging up old revue skits..patter songs..golden oldies (‘These Foolish Things’), one-liners and sketches. 1975Ibid. 10 Apr. 486/1 There you are, sitting in your lovely home..watching a late-night oldie. |