Oldster \Old"ster\, n. [Cf. {Youngster}.] An old person. [Jocular] --H. Kingsley.
Cruise and Nicholson perform their pre-fabricated roles as if they thought they were fresh off the drawing-board: the youngster all face-cracking eagerness and wisecracking zeal, the oldster dipping his grins in sulphur and his rage in saltpetre.