Sentence:  He dropped his earlier and delightful hamming , which is about the only way to handle the <WSD>old</WSD> war horse called `` Charley's Aunt '' , and let himself go with as an appealing an `` Amy '' as anybody could ask . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age