hoary jokes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
People are bowing in the presence of what they suppose to be the antiquity, that is, the hoary-headed wisdom, of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Our Unitarian Gospel] Reference
That head in hoary honors dressed –. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor] Reference
The "hoary" (to borrow a word) chestnut that it takes a big man to apologize was floated. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Justice] Reference
That "hoary" ancestor evolved into "hoar," a synonym of "ancient" that has been part of our language since before the 12th century. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
That's been the hoary pattern of Japanese politics. From Wordnik.com. [Koizumi's Big Step] Reference
And good Coligni's hoary hair all dabbled with his blood. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
Like a head bent down and hoary, hangs a heavy wreath of cloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
Duessa's, and wiles less skilfully prepared than those of the hoary. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
One is a variant on a hoary puzzler known as the "knapsack" problem. From Wordnik.com. [THIS IS YOUR A-LIFE] Reference
Growing hoary, as it were with the froth which he leaves behind him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
War is a hoary metaphor of politics, but Gingrich gives it new meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Warrior] Reference
And the hoary topic of litigation reform once again became page-one news. From Wordnik.com. [The Lawsuit Cha-Cha] Reference
Shall I allow myself to be bound for life by the speaking of a hoary imam?. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Around them stand the hoary fathers of the forest, whose fate will come next. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Sentinel peaks, capped with the eternal snows, stand like hoary-headed giants. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
Bekker is at the door, the open mouth of his black jar pointed up toward the hoary sky. From Wordnik.com. [We Cannot Cross the River] Reference
This very Shameen furnishes the greatest contrast of all to hoary, venerable old Canton. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
But as the years have passed, what were once fresh ideas have hardened into hoary dogmas. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall of America, Inc.] Reference
And the administration may prefer to use limited ammunition on other hoary trade problems. From Wordnik.com. [Our Fearful Fliers] Reference
Viewed from the street, no change may indeed be better than this sort of hoary politicking. From Wordnik.com. [Seen on the Streets] Reference
Pamphylax, reporting John's last words, as the hoary life flickered and clung, gives this. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
He even scrapped the hoary IBM dress code-those infamous blue suits and starched white shirts. From Wordnik.com. [Lou's Big Deal] Reference
It turns out that hoary adages like "you get what you pay for" are as hard to defy as gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Designed By a Digital Hand] Reference
The Big Board is back, gone from a hoary home for Old Economy stocks to a safe haven in a raging storm. From Wordnik.com. [Safety In Numbers] Reference
Above us, the tombs of our mountain are of an antiquity so hoary that they no longer alarm any one, even at night. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Many hoary paddock voices say the rule is unworkable and is flouted on a regular basis the entire length of the pitlane. From Wordnik.com. [Formula One, Integrity Nil: Ferrari and the worst brand of cheating] Reference
Hama is eager to disabuse her audience — Japanese students and visiting American journalists — of hoary domestic myths. From Wordnik.com. [If Paul Krugman Were Japanese] Reference
But they made an exception last Tuesday afternoon for a hoary ritual of life in the capital: the briefing of the network anchors. From Wordnik.com. [A New Capitol Clash] Reference
Contrary to popular belief and hoary statements from the White House, Pakistan's cooperation in the "war on terror" has always been fitful. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan’s Double-Cross] Reference
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