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lil ol'

lil ol' is the alternative spelling of little old.

Meaning of little old

Adjective

little old (not comparable)

  1. (Southern US, US, idiomatic, informal) Emphatically, affectionately, or humorously little; ordinary or harmless (especially when trying to downplay the importance of something).
    • Well aren't you just a little old sweetheart?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, old.
    • This joke is getting a little old.

Questions about lil ol'

What is lil ol' the alternative spelling of?
Lil ol' is the alternative spelling of little old.

Words near lil ol' in the dictionary

  1. Likwala
  2. Likʷala
  3. Lik̓ʷala
  4. lil
  5. lil bro
  6. lil ol'
  7. lil old
  8. lil ole
  9. lil'
  10. Lil'wat
  11. lila

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lil ol' (page history and authors); little old (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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