Sentence examples for old parlance from inspiring English sources

He is now one of four directors – in old parlance, deputy heads – at Essa.

And now the latest version is upon us, OS X Lion (or "10.7" in the old parlance) — the big cat nicknames have now been formalized.

This winter, in a frenzy of trades and free-agent signings -- some completely unforeseen, like the trade with Houston that brought Mike Hampton to New York, a No. 1 starting pitcher (an ace, in age-old parlance) -- Phillips has redesigned last year's near-miss team.

Kaldor writes as an academic and an activist - as an "organic intellectual" of the peace movement, to use an older parlance - and this lends her arguments passion and commitment.

It was not so long ago when single-room occupancy buildings like these — known as S.R.O.'s in bureaucratese and flophouses in an older parlance — lined Third Avenue as it ran through the Upper East Side.

This means that their friendships are open and they invite their friends, non-Jewish or less observant Jewish families, to share in Sabbath dinners, which Rafi and Ari have learned in their 6-year-old parlance to narrate.

needed a new leading man or two ("babyfaces" in old wrestling parlance) and a few new villains ("heels").

The background: Nice to see a couple of former New band of the dayers from way back still determined, to use the old soul parlance, to keep on keeping on.

More annoyingly, play on any difficulty above World Class (four stars, in old school parlance) and it can often be impossible to regain possession once your AI opponent takes the lead.

Mike was a retired Bell System Engineer a Bell-Shaped Headd," in old telecom parlance.

(In old-school parlance, legit is shorthand for the legitimate theater).