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Old Gentleman (The)

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The devil; a cheating card.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Olaf or Olave (St.)
Old Bags
Old Blade (An)
Old Bonâ Fide
Old Boots
Old Dominion
Old England
Old Faith Men
Old Fogs
Old Fox
Old Gentleman (The)
Old Glory
Old Gooseberry
Old Grog
Old Hands
Old Harry
Old Humphrey
Old Mortality
Old News
Old Noll
Old Noll’s Fiddler