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.
n. an old person; an old man. (Also a term of address.) : Ask that old-timer over there if it has always been this bad around here.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The old-timer photographers would work on the chairmen, or on the senior opposition party members.
Mention it to an old-timer and you're likely to see a nostalgic smile.
Of course, there is always more to an old-timer's story, but those are the bare facts.
Finally the freshman's leading antagonist, a cynical old-timer, rose to seek a unanimous consent agreement.