an old hand

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an old hand

someone who has done a particular job or activity for a long time and who can do it very well (often + at ) She's an old hand at magazines, having trained on Cosmopolitan before editing Company.

See also: hand, old

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I took them off with all the coolness of an old hand, and then I placed him on my knee and removed his blouse. The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context Sarah, though checked by this flank attack, was herself an old hand in the art. The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context As for Good, he rose and wrung his hands over the brave man who had given his life to save him, and, though I am an old hand, I felt a lump grow in my throat. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

I took them off with all the coolness of an old hand, and then I placed him on my knee and removed his blouse.

The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

Sarah, though checked by this flank attack, was herself an old hand in the art.

The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context

As for Good, he rose and wrung his hands over the brave man who had given his life to save him, and, though I am an old hand, I felt a lump grow in my throat.

King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context

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