very old
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Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
Archie Rice: Don't clap too hard – it's a very old building.
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.
Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.
The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life.