old thing

English

Noun

old thing (plural old things)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Affectionate term of address for a person.
    Hyponyms: old bean, old chap, old girl
    • 1920, Compton Mackenzie, The Vanity Girl (page 202)
      Listen, old thing. When you first met me you wanted to put me in a little flat round the corner, didn't you?
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