old lady meaning (informal): definition, quotations

old lady

noun

Informal An elderly woman.

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A dear old lady said she thought the ancient castle at Conway most picturesque, but that it was a pity they put it so close to the railway!1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine, page 71:
"Ninety per cent of our passengers will know where they are going. They'll come in and do the same journey every day. Therefore, I always base Waterloo not on the commuter, but on the little old lady who's lost in the middle of the station and just wants some help.2025 January 25, Cem Davis tells Nick Brodrick, “A warm 'Waterloo family' welcome”, in RAIL, number 975, page 40:

Slang One's mother.

My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.
‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 97:

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I swiped it from the old lady's liquor cabinet.1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Lorraine Baines (Lea Thompson):

US, Slang One's girlfriend, wife or female significant other.

His wife was asking where their savings account balance had gone, but the way he put it was that his old lady was ragging him about his pay rate.
“[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.”1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:

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But you know it could be a hassle / Trying to explain myself to a police officer / About how it was your old lady got herself stiffed1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:

UK, Informal The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” or simply “The Old Lady”.