Oh, Richard!" exclaimed she, on one occasion, "if you would but dismiss such gloomy subjects from your mind, you would live as long as any of us; at least you would live to see the girls married, and yourself a happy grandfather, with a canty old dame for your companion. Anne Brontë
oh i should worry and fret death and i will coquette there s a dance in the old dame yet toujours gai toujours gai. Don Marquis
She really is a grand old dame. Source: Internet
“The grand old dame of Everett” is how the late David Dilgard, longtime historian at the Everett Public Library, described the theater. Source: Internet