Usually means: Mythical creature burdening sailors heavily.
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  1. old man of the sea: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Old Man of the Sea: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. old man of the sea: Dictionary.com
  4. Old Man of the Sea: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Old Man of the Sea, Old Man of the Sea: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Old Man of the Sea)

noun:  In Greek mythology, the Old Man of the Sea was a figure who could be identified as any of several water-gods, generally Nereus or Proteus, but also Triton, Pontus, Phorcys or Glaucus.


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