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old sweat

old sweat noun: an experienced soldier.

Noun

old sweat (plural old sweats)

  1. (UK, World-War-I, slang) An experienced soldier.
  2. (UK, slang) A veteran soldier or war veteran.
    • A lifelong buddy of mine, this Herring, linked to me by what are called imperishable memories. Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter I, in Jeeves in the Offing
  3. (UK, figuratively, slang) Someone experienced in his or her field.

Forms of old sweat

pluralold sweats
alternative formold-sweat

Questions about old sweat

What does old sweat mean?
Old sweat means an experienced soldier.
What part of speech is old sweat?
Old sweat is a noun.
What is the plural of old sweat?
The plural of old sweat is old sweats.

Words near old sweat in the dictionary

  1. Old Stone Age
  2. Old Strait
  3. Old Stratford
  4. Old Style
  5. Old Swan
  6. old sweat
  7. old sweats
  8. Old Swedish
  9. Old Swiss Confederacy
  10. Old Tagalog
  11. Old Tallangatta

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