wrinklies

  • 21wrinkly — wrin|kly [ˈrıŋkli] n plural wrinklies BrE informal not polite an offensive word for someone who is old …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22wrinkly —    an old person    Used by the young, mindless of time s winged chariot :     ... helping the wrinklies with their heating bills. {Private Eye, January 1987) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 23wrinkly — adjective (wrinklier, wrinkliest) having many wrinkles. noun (plural wrinklies) Brit. informal, derogatory an old person …

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  • 24wrinkly — noun plural wrinklies (C) BrE informal an impolite expression meaning someone who is old wrist /rIst/ noun (C) the joint between your hand and the lower part of your arm …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25wrinkly — I UK [ˈrɪŋklɪ] / US adjective Word forms wrinkly : adjective wrinkly comparative wrinklier superlative wrinkliest covered in wrinkles II UK [ˈrɪŋklɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wrinkly : singular wrinkly plural wrinklies British informal an …

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  • 26wrinkly — /ˈrɪŋkli/ (say ringklee) adjective (wrinklier, wrinkliest) 1. characterised by having numerous wrinkles. –noun (plural wrinklies) 2. Colloquial an old person, or one viewed as relatively old …

  • 27wrinkly — ► ADJECTIVE (wrinklier, wrinkliest) ▪ having many wrinkles. ► NOUN (pl. wrinklies) Brit. informal, derogatory ▪ an old person …

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  • 28old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …

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