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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(UK dialect) Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old..
Whiles he came home: weary old-farrant face Pale from the midnight candle;
"Ye'd best stand asoide; Ride your old-farrant face behind yon ellum, Hear all, and see your Parish judge the nobs!"
They sought and searched as for hid treasure; and she was precious in many hearts, the playful little chatterbox with her old-farrant ways, and her bonnie smile!
[…] and stately clocks made in the town a hundred years ago, and quaint old-farrant lamps and cogeys and sand-glasses that apologized […]
Use old-farrant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Old-farrant means (UK dialect) Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old..
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Whiles he came home: weary old-farrant face Pale from the midnight candle;
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