Old
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Jonathan Swift's famous essay, A Modest Proposal suggests farming women around Europe for babies to eat once they hit 12 months old as a means of dealing with recurrent famine problems.
Source: Baby Factory - Have a Gay Old Time: a recurrent one is 'knocked up', used to mean 'exhausted' or 'worn out'.
Source: Literature / A Little Bush Maid
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Recurrent and Old. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/old/recurrent
Old & Recurrent. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/old/recurrent>.
Recurrent or Old. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/old/recurrent.
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