Definition of Oldsters

1. Noun. (plural of oldster) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oldsters

1. oldster [n] - See also: oldster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oldsters

oldhamites
oldie
oldies
oldish
oldly
oldman
oldmen
oldness
oldnesses
olds
oldsightedness
oldskool
oldsquaw
oldsquaws
oldster
oldsters (current term)
oldstyle
oldstyles
oldtimer
oldtimers
oldwench
oldwife
oldwives
oldy
ole
olea
oleaceous
oleaginous
oleaginously
oleaginousness

Literary usage of Oldsters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Northumberland, and the Border by Walter White (1859)
"... of the Pegasus—Families of Swimmers —Staple Island—The Pinnacles—A Landing—Rabbits, Eggs, and Birds—Gawky Youngsters; Anxious oldsters—Tammie Norie—The ..."

2. Biblical things not generally known (1879)
"... in 1832, M. de Lamartine, who did not visit them, also seven ; Van de Velde found 12 oldsters surrounded by an ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1972 occupy the youngsters so that the oldsters can pursue their own ... 1977 the respect youth feels for the oldsters who brought them their heritage —Ray ..."

4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"I know oldsters who have a savage pleasure in making boys drunk.— Thackeray, Misc., ii. 343. A more ill-mannered fellow I never saw in my ..."

5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1861)
"As for her beauty, youngster*' eyes are less indulgent than oldsters' to that fading of charms which even Mrs. Anderson admitted. Ned'« also were specially ..."

6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1861)
"I only regret, ns Anderson does, that it's so hard, hero especially, for oldsters to get on with youngsters ! " " Why specially here? " asked Ned. ..."

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