From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OLDTIMERS occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... oldtimers, sober
for years, often pay dearly ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Even
A.A. oldtimers,
sober for
years, often
pay dearly for
skimping this
Step.
2.
... oldtimers think
they can run this group ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Still more
important,
murmurs are
heard in the
body politic, which
swell into a
loud cry: "Do these
oldtimers think they can
run this
group forever?
3.
... oldtimers were
pretty intolerant.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
Maybe you
think we
oldtimers
were
pretty intolerant.
4.
... oldtimers who
know Ed foregather, they exclaim, ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
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