old hand
noun
a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
Origin of old hand
First recorded in 1775–85
Words nearby old hand
old goat,
old gold,
old growth,
old guard,
old guardism,
old hand,
old harry,
old hat,
old high german,
old icelandic,
old identity
Example sentences from the Web for old hand
Like a Washington old-hand, Brown knows that all the attention is good for the coffers.
He had been sent up to have a look at the battle line, with an old-hand observer and instructions not to cross the trenches.
Cavalry of the Clouds |Alan Bott
British Dictionary definitions for old hand
old hand
noun
a person who is skilled at something through long experience
Australian informal
(in the 19th century) an ex-convict
Australian informal
a person who is long established in a place