old lady—(also: old girl)
1. one’s wife:
- The guy who ran it [Ballroom] hated musicians because one of them ran off with his old lady.
2. one’s mother:
- I was ordered by my old lady (I do not like to use the word mother) to not open any of the doors. What eight year old can resist exploring rooms and opening doors?
old woman—
1. = old lady 1:
- If you went home and found someone indoors with your old woman, what would you do?
2. = old lady 2:
- He was strictly warned never ever to refer to his parents as “my old man,” “my old woman,” which was current slang at the time.
3. a person of timid and fussy character:
- The new officer was of the genus known in the service as “old woman,” and the regiment suffered accordingly.