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Definition of Old lady
1. Noun. Your own wife. "Meet my old lady"
Definition of Old lady
1. Noun. An elderly woman. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) One's mother. ¹
3. Noun. (slang US) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other. ¹
4. Noun. The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" or simply "The Old Lady". (see: Bank of England on Wikipedia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Lady
Literary usage of Old lady
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"Surely a mild, a compliant, an unutterably tranquil and harmless old lady ?
But enough, perhaps, for the present, of Mrs. Vesey. All this time, there were ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
"And truly he paid all the debt that he owed The Little old lady Who Looked Up
the Road. "Henceforth nevermore shall her lot be neglect! ..."
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