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noun
(sometimes initial capital letters) a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.
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Origin of old fashioned
First recorded in 1900â05
Words nearby old fashioned
olde-worlde, old face, Old Faithful, oldfangled, old fart, old fashioned, old fellow, old field, old-field colt, Old Flemish, old fogy
Other definitions for old fashioned (2 of 2)
old-fashioned
[ ohld-fash-uhnd ]
/ ËoÊldËfĂŠÊ Énd /
adjective
of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
favored or prevalent in former times: old-fashioned ideas.
having the conservative behavior, ways, ideas, or tastes of earlier times: a delightfully old-fashioned gentleman.
Origin of old-fashioned
First recorded in 1645â55
synonym study for old-fashioned
1. See ancient1.
OTHER WORDS FROM old-fashioned
old-fash·ioned·ly, adverbold-fash·ioned·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use old fashioned in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for old fashioned
old-fashioned
adjective
belonging to, characteristic of, or favoured by former times; outdatedold-fashioned ideas
favouring or adopting the dress, manners, fashions, etc, of a former time
quizzically doubtful or disapprovingshe did not reply, but gave him an old-fashioned look
Scot and Northern English dialect old for one's agean old-fashioned child
noun
a cocktail containing spirit, bitters, fruit, etc
Derived forms of old-fashioned
old-fashionedly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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