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Discover Ludwig"any old thing" is correct and usable in written English
It is a colloquial phrase that means "anything," often used to imply a lack of preference or importance. Examples: - I don't care what we eat for dinner, I'll eat any old thing. - My grandmother loves to collect knick-knacks, she'll buy any old thing she finds at a garage sale. - The kids were bored and restless, so we let them play with any old thing they could find in the attic. Note: This phrase is informal and should not be used in formal or academic writing.
Dictionary
any old thing
pronoun
Anything at all
Exact(52)
Nor does she cast any old thing.
For lunch I eat any old thing.
"I'm going to do any old thing on it.
"You can't just come up with any old thing.
I couldn't have the character say any old thing.
For lunch I tend to eat any old thing.
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Gone is the any-old-thing insouciance of summer, replaced with a potent feeling of adventure.
Then come any-old-thing images of post-World War II strip malls and suburbs; almost everyone is white.
But all of that has propelled the Internet to buzz loudly about West's Twitter feed, because it feels as though the old Kanye, the Kanye who'd say any crazy old thing at any time, might be back.
Nobody talks about that old thing any more, except Jarvis.
"I just don't feel we can go through any more of the same old thing that we've been going through with the Republican Party".
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