Synonyms

old hand

old hand

noun
a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.

Origin:
1775–85
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Old hand is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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old hand
 
n
1.  a person who is skilled at something through long experience
2.  informal (Austral) (in the 19th century) an ex-convict
3.  informal (Austral) a person who is long established in a place

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old hand (at (sth)) definition


  1. n.
    someone experienced at doing something. : I'm an old hand at fixing cars.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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