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old woman
(old woman)
noun
an elderly female person.
(
one's old woman
)
informal
a person’s mother or a man’s wife or girlfriend:
he shed many tears over his old woman
derogatory
a fussy or timid person, especially a man:
he’s always telling me I’m an old woman about security
Derivatives
old-womanish
adjective
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