ripe old age

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,humorous)A very oldage1959February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, inTrains Illustrated, page91:[...] but two 1890 Hawthorn, Leslie engines,ClausentumandIronside, lived to aripe old age; the former was on Town Quay and Pier work until September, 1945, and the latter, ousted from the port, eked out an existence as shed pilot at Guildford until 1955.

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