Emphatically, affectionately, or humorously little; ordinary or harmless (especially when trying to downplay the importance of something).
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How about a little old game of pool?
And now, this little old child is going to bed.
Just one little old poker game now and then, that's not gambling.
Submitted on July 07, 2010
Additional definitions for 'little old':
| little old | Used other than as an idiom: see little, old. |
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