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- adjective
comparative form ofould : moreould
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Examples
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Then Andron with a flintlock gun on his sh oulder was carrying a hare he had killed, and he was followed by the decrepit old Jew
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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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"He's young, Maurya; when he gets oulder, he'll know betther."
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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On'y it was strange, now, to see it full of nothin 'but young fellows, scarce oulder than the two lads there.
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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"And it's a quare comether she must ha 'been after puttin' on him," quoth Mrs. Quigley, "afore he took up wid herself, that's as ugly as if she was bespoke, and half a dozen year oulder than the young bosthoon, if she's a minyit."
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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When we were childher, 'said he, turning to the rest,' we were never asunder; he was oulder nor me by two years, and can I ever forget the leathering he gave
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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"Stiffer may you be, then, soon, an 'oulder may you never be, an' that's the best I wish you!"
The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Bartle Flanagan, you're a thraitor, and you'll get a thraitor's death afore you're much oulder.
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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"He did, the thief; but maybe he'll sup sorrow for it, afore he's much oulder."
The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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I'm a thrifle oulder; but I don't bear it so well as you do.
The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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