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Methuselah
(Me¦thu|selah)
Pronunciation:
/mɪˈθ(j)uːz(ə)lə/
(in the Bible) a patriarch, the grandfather of Noah, who is said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).
used to refer to a very old person:
I’m feeling older than Methuselah
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