of old

Idioms  

1. Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade. This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.

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Example Sentences

Scrambling, I knock into a tower of old paint cans stacked behind the shed.

From Literature

Inside, I’m greeted with the tired smell of old, pent-up, sick-people air, combined with the acrid smell of too much antiseptic.

From Literature

There’s an old man perched in a wheelchair in the corner staring off into space, a woman with limp dull-brown hair wearing bunny slippers and a threadbare pale pink robe flipping through magazines, a child scribbling on a tiny plastic table with the nubs of old crayons.

From Literature

“Bottom line: we continue to like a mix of old economy sectors and growth/momentum plays that have been upended by recent volatility in energy and rates markets.”

From MarketWatch

"We are top of the league," was the celebratory chant booming out of one corner of Old Trafford at the end of the Women's Super League's Manchester derby.

From BBC

Related Words

• age-old
• antique
• crumbling
• former
• old-fashioned
• old-time
• original
• outmoded
• primitive
• traditional
• venerable