Definition of OAP
old-age pension
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noun
\
ˌō-ˌā-ˈpē
\
Definition of OAP
plural OAPs
British, old-fashioned
: an elder recipient of a government pension
- There were a few kids; mostly, they were OAPs: a crowd of perhaps twenty people.
- —A. N. Wilson, Scandal, or Priscilla's Kindness, 1983
Origin and Etymology of oap
old-age pensioner
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First Known Use: circa 1942
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