subs. phr. (colloquial).—1. A laudator temporis acti; and (2) one who has grown old in a place or profession.
1860. Music and Drama, XIII. ix. 14. OLD TIMERS unanimously declared that in the new-comer had indeed arisen another Tausig.
1866. New Princetown Review, v. 122. Most of us OLD TIMERS … are poor now.
