Usually means: Affectionate term for elderly woman.
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  1. old dear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. old dear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. old dear: Wiktionary

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  1. old dear: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Old dear: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (endearing or patronizing) old woman

Similar:
dear, old woman, old lady, grandam, old wife, old person, aunt, granny, oldwife, mother, more...

Opposite:
young stranger, new acquaintance, unfamiliar person

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Similar:
dear, old woman, old lady, grandam, old wife, old person, aunt, granny, oldwife, mother, more...

Opposite:
young stranger, new acquaintance, unfamiliar person



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