old one

See also: Old One

English

Noun

old one (plural old ones)

1. An elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions. [from 17th c.]
2. (Ireland, Liverpool) An old woman. [from 18th c.]
   • 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 224:

     I was with him one day and he bought a book from an old one in Liffey street for two bob.

3. (humorous) The devil. [from 18th c.]
   • 1908, Stanley J. Weyman, Wild Geese, page 270:

     You're the match of the old one for cleverness.