anecdotage

Someone has wittily said that only those in their anecdotage should tell stories.

I thought my anecdotage scarcely worthy of so much honour; but I promised to make a weekly experiment in the Manchester Guardian.

Indeed, he would sometimes remark, when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire from the world.

In these years of Old Kennebec's "anecdotage," his pipe was his best listener and his truest confidant.

Indeed, he would sometimes remark, when a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.