old enough to vote

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Adjective

old enough to vote (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old,‎ enough,‎ vote.
2. (idiomatic, humorous, informal) Old; decrepit (said especially of an inanimate object).

   I'm going to have to get a new car. Mine is old enough to vote.

   • August 1969, Peter Garrison, Flying Magazine Volume 85, No 2

     It looks, acts and pays property tax like a new airplane, but it's old enough to vote.