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Word: old (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Usage:

Come haggardness, old age, and vain desire

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE GRAY SISTERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

...Wrinkled old women, forlorn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE GRAY SISTERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

THROUGH the old cathedral window...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VESPERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

Stands the altar old and grim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VESPERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

...Phorkos, "Old...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE GRAY SISTERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

Word Time Machine

Normalized population density for word "old" throughout decades:

• 1870s : 1.1823
• 1880s : 0.8603
• 1890s : 0.6850
• 1900s : 0.7320
• 1910s : 0.6778
• 1920s : 0.9360
• 1930s : 1.4197
• 1940s : 1.6181
• 1950s : 1.4739
• 1960s : 1.1310
• 1970s : 0.9316
• 1980s : 0.8263
• 1990s : 0.7724
• 2000s : 0.7466
• 2010s : 0.6035

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First Use:

Word "old" first appeared in our records from 1873!

See usage in 1873 »

Supporting Words:

The following words have supported "old" in appearing on this page.
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• age
• altar
• and
• cathedral
• come
• desire
• forlorn
• grim
• haggardness
• man
• of
• old
• phorkos
• sad
• sea
• stands
• the
• through
• vain
• window
• women
• wrinkled

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