old lady

noun Informal.
1.
a mother, usually one's own.
2.
a wife.
3.
a girlfriend or female lover, especially a female lover with whom one cohabits.

Origin:
1775–85

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old lady
 
n
1.  mother an informal term for wife
2.  a large noctuid moth, Mormo maura, that has drab patterned wings originally thought to resemble an elderly Victorian lady's shawl

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old lady definition


and old woman
  1. n.
    (one's) mother. (Mildly derogatory.) : What time does your old lady get home?
  2. n.
    (one's) wife. : My old woman doesn't like for me to go out without her.
  3. n.
    (one's) girlfriend. : My old lady and I are getting married next week.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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They could be craters, they could be seas with water, they could be an old lady.
But the old lady who runs it considers current culinary trends a tougher challenge than any of that.
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