old thing

noun

old thing

noun

1

Colloquial, Dated Affectionate term of address for a person.

Listen, old thing. When you first met me you wanted to put me in a little flat round the corner, didn't you?1920, Compton Mackenzie, The Vanity Girl, page 202:

Related terms: any old thing

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