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- adjective
superlative form ofould : mostould .
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Examples
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"He had seven daughters," said he, "and he gave me the _ouldest_, and he told me, too, that if he had an _oulder_ I should have her."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 492, June 4, 1831 Various
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"Maaster Roger es the ouldest and the biggest, and the strongest; but Maaster Wilfred ev got the eyes to zee."
Roger Trewinion Joseph Hocking 1898
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Himself tould me his father was the ouldest of all the
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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"Come, Tim," said Coogan, "you're the ouldest man, and must spake first."
The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Divil a sich a let out ever was seen in the county widin the mimory of the ouldest man in it, as it'll be.
Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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There's Widow Murray, one o 'my ouldest frinds, an' Pether M'Mahon, an '
Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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And herein is to be vnderstood, that the best and principallest Manure for this redde-sand, is the ouldest Manure of beasts which can be-gotten, which you shall know by the excéeding blacknesse and rottennesse thereof, being in the cutting both soft and smooth, all of one substance, as if it were well compact morter, without any shew of straw or other stuffe which is vnrotted, for this dung is of all the fattest and coolest, and doth best agrée with the nature of this hot sand.
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"Well, sor, Oi hadn't been there more'n three 'r four minits, whin th' door opened, an 'oot steps a little ould lady, aboot th' littlest an 'ouldest Oi iver see in' Frisco.
The Blind Spot Austin Hall 1908
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Foor times a year they’d all come to Athenroy fur a bit av a shpree like, bekase the King av Athenroy was the ouldest av thim, an’ they thought the worruld an’ all av him.
Irish Wonders 1878
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"I belave it's the ouldest hin about these parts, sor.
The Rajah of Dah George Manville Fenn 1870
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