Old-timer
noun
A person who has a lot of experience in a particular field.
As an old-timer in the marketing industry, his advice is highly valued.
Often appears as...
- old-timer in the industry
- old-timer in the field
noun
A person who has lived in a particular place for a long time.
The old-timers in the village remember when there were no paved roads.
Often appears as...
- old-timer in the village
- old-timer in the town
noun
An old person, especially one who is considered old-fashioned or conservative.
That old-timer still uses a typewriter instead of a computer.
Often appears as...
- conservative old-timer
- stubborn old-timer
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Slightly Disapproving
noun
A person who has a lot of experience in a particular field.
As an old-timer in the marketing industry, his advice is highly valued.
Often appears as...
- old-timer in the industry
- old-timer in the field
noun
A person who has lived in a particular place for a long time.
The old-timers in the village remember when there were no paved roads.
Often appears as...
- old-timer in the village
- old-timer in the town
noun
An old person, especially one who is considered old-fashioned or conservative.
That old-timer still uses a typewriter instead of a computer.
Often appears as...
- conservative old-timer
- stubborn old-timer
Usage tips
Slightly Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Matters
Used to emphasize the wisdom or skill gained through long involvement in a field.
He's an old-timer, with fifty years of carpentry behind him.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect Implied
Carries a nuance of respect; implies the person's experience is valuable.
Ask the old-timer; she knows all the solutions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Age
More about depth of experience than simply being old or elderly.
Despite being younger, he's an old-timer in web development circles.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Matters
Used to emphasize the wisdom or skill gained through long involvement in a field.
He's an old-timer, with fifty years of carpentry behind him.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect Implied
Carries a nuance of respect; implies the person's experience is valuable.
Ask the old-timer; she knows all the solutions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Age
More about depth of experience than simply being old or elderly.
Despite being younger, he's an old-timer in web development circles.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Matters
Used to emphasize the wisdom or skill gained through long involvement in a field.
He's an old-timer, with fifty years of carpentry behind him.
Pro Tip 2/3Respect Implied
Carries a nuance of respect; implies the person's experience is valuable.
Ask the old-timer; she knows all the solutions.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Age
More about depth of experience than simply being old or elderly.
Despite being younger, he's an old-timer in web development circles.
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What if gentrification...
And if you haven't experienced this, then I'm going to ask you to try and imagine your way into it right now. Think about what it would be like to find your favorite local spot, a place where you often went and hung out with the old-timers or your friends, had vanished.
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Lessons Learned From...
there's something that really grabs you something you really care about and you should go do it go do it now and I managed to get taught by the last of the old-timers who had done it every day in their life and they passed it on you
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What if gentrification...
And if you haven't experienced this, then I'm going to ask you to try and imagine your way into it right now. Think about what it would be like to find your favorite local spot, a place where you often went and hung out with the old-timers or your friends, had vanished.
Video examples
Lessons Learned From...
there's something that really grabs you something you really care about and you should go do it go do it now and I managed to get taught by the last of the old-timers who had done it every day in their life and they passed it on you
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Quote examples
Joe Jamail
American Businessman
By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.
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Julia Fox
Italian Actress
I've been in New York my whole life. It's changed so much; it's not the New York that I grew up with. All the landmarks of my childhood are gone. I do kind of feel like a bitter old-timer, like, 'These kids don't know what it was like.
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Randy Savage
American Wrestler
I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good.
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Mary Douglas
British Scientist
The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
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Herb Alpert
American Musician
I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.
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Ricky Steamboat
American Writer
I remember the first couple of years when I was coming up through the ranks, some of the old-timers would take me aside after the match and critique me.
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Dr. John
American Musician
The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll.
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Franklin P. Jones
American Journalist
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
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Keith Whitley
American Singer
I learned to do things the way the old-timers did.
Quote examples
Joe Jamail
American Businessman
By not trying the small cases, the lawyers don't get the courtroom experience. So when the huge, bet-the-company cases come along, there are only a handful of trial lawyers who can handle it. That's why these big corporations still call us old-timers every day.
Quote examples
Julia Fox
Italian Actress
I've been in New York my whole life. It's changed so much; it's not the New York that I grew up with. All the landmarks of my childhood are gone. I do kind of feel like a bitter old-timer, like, 'These kids don't know what it was like.
Quote examples
Randy Savage
American Wrestler
I used to hate old-timers who didn't praise the younger wrestlers, but you've got to pass the torch sometime. If you're old, that torch gets too heavy for you and you can't carry it, so it won't do you any good.
Quote examples
Mary Douglas
British Scientist
The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
Quote examples
Herb Alpert
American Musician
I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.
Quote examples
Tom Waits
American Musician
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.
Quote examples
Ricky Steamboat
American Writer
I remember the first couple of years when I was coming up through the ranks, some of the old-timers would take me aside after the match and critique me.
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Dr. John
American Musician
The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll.
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Franklin P. Jones
American Journalist
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
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Keith Whitley
American Singer
I learned to do things the way the old-timers did.
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