Other forms: old-timers
An old-timer is an elderly member of a place or trade who has been there longest. Ask the old-timer.
They remember how it all used to be and will tell you at length. An old-timer knows the one thing nobody wrote down, which is why they are worth listening to.
1nounold-timerAn elderly member of a place or a trade who has been there far longer than anyone else and remembers how it all used to be.
“The old-timer knew where every pipe ran under the yard.”
old-timer is a person.