old hand

Speech parts

1. old hand - Noun

2. old hand - Phrase

Meaning

an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pro maestro geezer maven professional master veteran virtuoso vet connoisseur hotshot old-timer oldtimer old stager stager
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Antonyms

babe colt cadet cub tool Greenhorn
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Hypernyms

expert

Examples

Women always think that if they tell a man not to be pompous that will shut him up, but I am an old hand at that game. I know that if a man bides his time his moment will come. Robertson Davies

I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. Ritchie Blackmore

Ali is such an old hand at this that he ends up making exactly the right number of copies, with one sheet left over at the end of our journey for me to keep as a souvenir. Source: Internet

Spaghetti Western old hand Franco Nero also worked in this subgenre with Cipolla Colt and Tomas Milian plays an outrageous "quick" bounty hunter modeled on Charlie Chaplin 's Little Tramp in Sometimes Life Is Hard – Right Providence? Source: Internet

Yee lost by 388 votes or 1 per cent, the narrowest of margins, to PAP old hand MP Charles Chong. Source: Internet

Matthew 6:3 ) or that the old hand bled through a coat of new paint (similar to a palimpsest ). Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

old hand

Close letter words and terms

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