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The Old World is also called the Eastern Hemisphere.Old World = the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas; i.e., Europe, Asia, and Africa)
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They came from cities of the old world where the means to sustain life were hard to get or own. (source)
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Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. (source)
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You got a problem with an Old World Umber patois?† (source)
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His face in the small light streaked with black from the rain like some old world thespian.† (source)
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These people had forgotten what the old world was really like.† (source)
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It's a cautionary tale, a warning about the dangers of the old world, before the cure.† (source)old world = the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas; i.e., Europe, Asia, and Africa)
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They sleep in a once stately Old World suite with the furniture shored up against the walls and chicken feathers clogging the marble sinks and newspapers tacked clumsily across the windows.† (source)
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Funny old world, right?† (source)
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Old World luxury overlooking Bernini's Triton Fountain ....there was no more fitting hotel in all of Rome.† (source)
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It was designed in the fashion of the old world, with hearty dosages of both nostalgic symbolism and state-of-the-art engineering.† (source)
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Old World and New World monkeys were next.† (source)
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We had met the European vampire, the creature of the Old World.† (source)
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The noise and activity and energy dwarfed what he had known in the Old World.† (source)
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Now it's nothing but a black ghost sitting just out of reach, a relic of the old world.† (source)
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You could see the White Ladies in our old world.† (source)
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They always believe they can make a better life than in the old world. (source)old world = generic use of words
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As Kya washed up after, Pa walked into the kitchen, carrying his old World War II– issue knapsack. (source)old World = part of a longer phrase
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"Dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you." (source)old world = generic use of words
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