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old fashioned
1noun
- (sometimes initial capital letters) a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.
old-fashioned
2[ ohld-fash-uhnd ]
old-fashioned
adjective
- belonging to, characteristic of, or favoured by former times; outdated
old-fashioned ideas
- favouring or adopting the dress, manners, fashions, etc, of a former time
- quizzically doubtful or disapproving
she did not reply, but gave him an old-fashioned look
- dialect.old for one's age
an old-fashioned child
noun
- a cocktail containing spirit, bitters, fruit, etc
Derived Forms
- ˌold-ˈfashionedly, adverb
Other Words From
- old-fashioned·ly adverb
- old-fashioned·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of old fashioned1
Origin of old fashioned2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“This is a very different mindset from old fashioned management,” added Edmonson.
After 146 applications she’s accepted a job, but they hired her the old fashioned way.
Crypto is not just limited to investment opportunities, but it can also be used as a “technology to facilitate a change in an old fashioned industry,” like Uber and Lyft taking over the taxi industry, Jensen said.
They could get the same, if not better, data by using old fashioned methods of counting people and cars.
The Internet has proven fertile ground for sprouting new markets and super-charging some old fashioned ones, whether for short-term stays, car rides across town, or selling your collection of Beanie Babies.
Eyes gouged, necks snapped, and even some good old fashioned cannibalism.
Not all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.
A woman in a smart uniform scribbles out tickets for a growing line of tourists eager to take a trip on the old-fashioned train.
Veterinarians may continue prescribing the old-fashioned way, without exemption, as can prescriptions to be filled out of state.
The Old-Fashioned is the crème of the cocktail crop—according to Don Draper, at least.
People have not only ceased to purchase those old-fashioned things called books, but even to read them!
Our luggage, I remember, p. 5was carried on the roof of the carriage in the good old-fashioned coaching style.
The portmanteau was the sign of youth and progress; old-fashioned people stuck to the carpet bag.
The road led to an old fashioned, high gabled farm-house at the foot of the hill; the only tenement visible from that lonely spot.
Dorothy, already out of hearing, had vanished into the old-fashioned house at the bottom of the hill.
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