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grand old men
n. (grand old man English)
Usage examples of "grand old men".
There is something about the Grand Old Men of connoisseurship that, if not actually repellent, is at least a touch offputting.
They were all there, all the Grand Old Men of the field: McKay, Kliest, Taranto--even Sagan, little more than an ancient withered husk in his electric wheelchair.
All the big labs, the ones that might help him launch his own career, were run by grand old men who hadn't done anything but raise funds for years.
These were the Grand Old Men - the district managers, the regional managers, the associate vice-presidents and assistant vice-presidents and vice-presidents of the Eastern and Middle-Western divisions.