Old Buffer. The colloquial term for a short, thick-set elderly man, whose big paunch suggests a railway buffer.
Old Bullion. See “[Bullion State].”
Old Burlington Street. See “[Burlington Street].”
Old Carthusians. Old scholars of the “Charter House.”
Old Catholics. The followers in Germany of the late Dr Döllinger, who separated from the Roman Catholic Communion after the promulgation of the dogma of Papal Infallibility in 1870.
Old Cavendish Street. See “[Cavendish Square].”
Old Change. So called from “The King’s Exchange,” where the bullion was anciently stored prior to being sent to the shearers or clippers at the neighbouring Mint. See “[Sermon Lane].”
Old Charlies. See “[Charlies].”
Old Christmas Day. Twelfth Day, because, according to the old style calendar, Christmas Day fell on what is now 6th January.
Old Compton Street. See “[Compton Street].”