old-man-like

Updated: May 7, 2025

This is done by both sexes; and though the under teeth, being relieved from the attrition of the upper, grow long and somewhat bent out, and thereby cause the under lip to protrude in a most unsightly way, no young woman thinks herself accomplished until she has got rid of the upper incisors. This custom gives all the Batoka an uncouth, old-man-like appearance.

David Livingstone - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

Walter, too, had lately eschewed jackets, and began to borrow razors; while Edwin, though still small, had a keen, old-man-like look, which made him seem as he was, indeed, in character the eldest of the three. Altogether, they were "a fine family," such as any man might rejoice to see growing, or grown up, around him.

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - John Halifax, Gentleman