Proper noun
the Old One
(colloquial) The Devil.
Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. George Etherege
Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. Sarah Orne Jewett
It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. Herbert Read
Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one. Bulgarian Proverb
The young rooster crows as he hears the old one. Yoruba Proverb
You should make a new bucket whilst you still have the old one. Berber Proverb