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ripe old age

ripe old age phrase: a very old age.

Phrase

ripe old age

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) A very old age
    • [...] but two 1890 Hawthorn, Leslie engines, Clausentum and Ironside, lived to a ripe old age; the former was on Town Quay and Pier work until September, 1945, and the latter, ousted from the port, eked out an existence as shed pilot at Guildford until 1955.1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 91

ripe old age meaning in Tamil

ripe old age in Tamil

முதுமூப்பு

Questions about ripe old age

What does ripe old age mean?
Ripe old age means a very old age.
What is ripe old age in Tamil?
Ripe old age in Tamil is முதுமூப்பு. See Ripe old age meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ripe old age?
Ripe old age is a phrase.

Words near ripe old age in the dictionary

  1. ripcord
  2. ripcords
  3. ripe
  4. ripe for the picking
  5. ripe for the plucking
  6. ripe old age
  7. ripeck
  8. ripecks
  9. riped
  10. ripeish
  11. ripely

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