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old sweats

old sweats is the plural of old sweat.

Meaning of old sweat

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.

Questions about old sweats

What is old sweats the plural of?
Old sweats is the plural of old sweat.

Words near old sweats in the dictionary

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

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