Ancient lodge gets a renovation (3-3)

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age-old

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(Other definitions for age-old that I've seen before include "Having been around for many years" , "Having existed for a very long time" , "Belonging to times long ago" , "Lasting from times long ago" , "Extremely ancient" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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