old clothes man (old klowhzman)

[ His debates with his creditors. hara ed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xviii. II. trans. To age; cause to appear old. olden2 (ōl'dn), a. [ old + en2 , an adj. suffix irreg. attached to an adj.] Old; ancient. Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal. Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. 75.