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See more results ?(Definition ofbefore the Floodfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)Examples from literature
A piece of old Armenian work—from before the Flood.
Well, I'm blessed, said the old, "if there isn't one of those high bicycles from before the Flood!"