Usually means: Older or aged, often implying.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word long in the tooth:

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  1. long in the tooth: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. long in the tooth: Merriam-Webster
  3. long in the tooth: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. long in the tooth: Collins English Dictionary
  5. long in the tooth: Wiktionary
  6. long in the tooth: Dictionary.com
  7. Long in the Tooth: The Word Detective
  8. long in the tooth: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. long in the tooth: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. long in the tooth: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. long in the tooth: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  (idiomatic) Old; aged.

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