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oldman

noun
Sayohld-MANUS/ˌoʊld ˈmæn/UK/ˌəʊld ˈmæn/

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  1. 1
    nounnonstandard
    Alternative form of old man. Nonstandard: the usual spelling is two words.

    Gotta go, my oldman wants help fixing the fence before dinner.

    Some oldman at the bus stop kept telling us how cheap gas used to be.

    Note

    In The Faerie Queene Spenser can write of "an old oldman, halfe blind," treating the pair as one noun, firm enough to take old a second time. The closed spelling is now nonstandard: edited English writes old man as two words, and the plural oldmen is just as marked. It suits dialogue or casual messages rather than careful prose.

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