AE thing is one thing, the word's oldish and Scottish; AG means agriculture, the word's academic and oddish.
He is an oldish man, not less than sixty, with his hair and beard bleached with the storms of many travels.
His complexion was of that weather-beaten red hue which is often seen in oldish men who have been much out in all weathers.
And they seem to have a lot of these rather dull, oldish men friends who make long visits.
But any'ow all is agreed that once 'e lived for nearly three weeks upon an oldish poodle dawg—which is an orfull thort.
He was an oldish man with the lines of failure in his face and on his lean form the sprightly clothing of youth.