old one

plural old ones

1. An elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions.First known use 17th c.
2. IrelandLiverpoolAn old woman.First known use 18th c.

   I was with him one day and he bought a book from an old one in Liffey street for two bob.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 224

3. humorousThe devil.First known use 18th c.

   You're the match of the old one for cleverness.

   1908, Stanley J. Weyman, Wild Geese, page 270

1. alternativeAlternative form of old one