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Definition
old-fashioned
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
or more rarely: appearing old
even more rarely: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
- He memorized these hoary locutions, tossed them left-handed into conversation: wheelwright lodestone, saturnine, adamant.p. 195.7
- Once in a while he'd come out with some hoary maxim, served up with a wry irony that did nothing to reduce the boredom quotient; or else he'd say, "I coulda been a contender," then glare meaningfully at the class as if there was some deeper-than-deep point they were all supposed to get.p. 41.9
There are no more uses of "hoary" in Oryx and Crake.
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