Other Word Forms
- old-womanish adjective
Example Sentences
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Its purpose was to care for "twelve poor feeble and impotent old men and four old women" who were looked after by a housewife responsible for cooking, cleaning, and general care.
From BBC
In the same central train stations of that city, old women then sold carrots and beets from cardboard boxes they had lugged from their country homes.
From Salon
The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.
From Barron's
Police then searched office premises in the early hours of 24 November, the same day that a 40-year-old man and a 38-year old woman were arrested.
From BBC
My mind goes to the old woman at the dock, holding the cane with those eyes made of moonlight.
From Literature
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