Age
Age noun - A prolonged period of time.
Usage example: we've known each other for ages
Long time
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Punchinello remarks that "he's been around a long time," and first helped Peter's grandfather—a man in his seventies—when he was Peter's age.
Source: Film / Wee Sing -
In Bryony and Roses by Ursula Vernon, it's mentioned that people transformed by curses don't age while the curse lasts, but when they regain their true form all their age catches up with them at once, with possibly disastrous results if they've been under curse for a long time.
Source: No Immortal Inertia - You're immortal, or just extremely long lived, and you want to stay in one place for a long time without people noticing that you don't age.
Source: My Grandson Myself
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