Definition of old dear in English:

old dear

noun

informal

A patronizing term for an elderly woman.
Example sentencesExamples
- There was an old dear on the telly the other day who was about 80.
- I remember the poor old dear in the bed next to me had virtually no drink the whole day.
- One old dear brought the second half of a play at the National to a halt when she had trouble with her hearing aid.
- We were a bit of a handful, the four of us, and the old dear needed some help to ensure we ate our fish fingers.
- They take personal fitness very seriously here, with even the old dears in their eighties and nineties taking part.
- When she walked through the lobby an old dear loudly told her friend, ‘I do find women in jeans so very common’.
- An old dear living on a council estate takes him in and teaches him to care for himself.
- As the final moments of conference neared, an innocent-looking old dear distributed the words of all six inspiring verses round the back of the hall.
- It sometimes seems the only roles left to them are monstrous mothers and dotty old dears.
- Two nice old dears are sitting in the foyer of Woburn Elderly Care, a rest home and hospital run by the Presbyterian Church.
- When I see all the old dears it makes me think of my mum and her mates going to oldies' aerobics back home.
- You should have seen the old dears tutting away.
- One contained two old dears gamely trying to lever themselves out of their seats.
- These people don't fit the danger-driver stereotype - they aren't boy racers or doddery old dears who go everywhere in third gear.
- I am in a hotel three quarters full of white-haired old dears.
- ‘Let's give the doubting old dear a surprise,’ she said.
- It has a faint odour of the 50s, of old dears knitting and nodding.
- Both arenas require the deft verisimilitude of the stage actor, the ability to squeeze a tear from the old dear in the back row.
- ‘And I can spend more time with the old dear here,’ he says, nodding in the direction of Suzanne.
- Then the old dear leaned across the stand and said, ‘May I?’
Synonyms
mother

单词	old dear
释义	Definition of old dear in English: old dear noun informal A patronizing term for an elderly woman. Example sentencesExamples There was an old dear on the telly the other day who was about 80. I remember the poor old dear in the bed next to me had virtually no drink the whole day. One old dear brought the second half of a play at the National to a halt when she had trouble with her hearing aid. We were a bit of a handful, the four of us, and the old dear needed some help to ensure we ate our fish fingers. They take personal fitness very seriously here, with even the old dears in their eighties and nineties taking part. When she walked through the lobby an old dear loudly told her friend, ‘I do find women in jeans so very common’. An old dear living on a council estate takes him in and teaches him to care for himself. As the final moments of conference neared, an innocent-looking old dear distributed the words of all six inspiring verses round the back of the hall. It sometimes seems the only roles left to them are monstrous mothers and dotty old dears. Two nice old dears are sitting in the foyer of Woburn Elderly Care, a rest home and hospital run by the Presbyterian Church. When I see all the old dears it makes me think of my mum and her mates going to oldies' aerobics back home. You should have seen the old dears tutting away. One contained two old dears gamely trying to lever themselves out of their seats. These people don't fit the danger-driver stereotype - they aren't boy racers or doddery old dears who go everywhere in third gear. I am in a hotel three quarters full of white-haired old dears. ‘Let's give the doubting old dear a surprise,’ she said. It has a faint odour of the 50s, of old dears knitting and nodding. Both arenas require the deft verisimilitude of the stage actor, the ability to squeeze a tear from the old dear in the back row. ‘And I can spend more time with the old dear here,’ he says, nodding in the direction of Suzanne. Then the old dear leaned across the stand and said, ‘May I?’ Synonyms mother
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