old sweat
nounBritish informal
an old soldier; veteran
a person who has a great deal of experience in some activity
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How to use old sweat in a sentence
A Reservist is a dug-out, a recruit a rookie, and a veteran an old sweat.
Anecdotes of the Great War | Carleton Britton CaseThe old sweat shop wage has gone, and I hope never to return.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights | Kelly MillerCurly, the 'old sweat,' the Mons man, is an excellent portrait.
G. H. Q. | Frank FoxA Cockney "old sweat," observing a youngster gazing over the parapet, asked him if he were a fatalist.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories | VariousNow Tsore Jowa came down from the sun and went to the old sweat-house, where she found nothing but a heap of bones and ashes.
Creation Myths of Primitive America | Jeremiah Curtin
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