Definition of "oldbie" [oldbie]

• An old-timer, a person with experience. (noun)

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• "My name is Joan and just the other day someone referred to me as an "oldbie" which surprised me."
• "Just like the campaign against the telehubs, which were another way for the world to be free of the oldbie stranglehold on the economy by being able to buy a rental instead of sucking up and apprenticing to a diva, the removal of traffic is a way of ensuring the permanent berth of people who themselves are not competitive, and are being overtaken by newer and more innovative residents."
• "Newbies especially will find it terribly hard to enter, without either paying huge amounts for classifieds, or sucking up to divas to get recognized in their oldbie high-fashion stores."