old fashioned

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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 1900–05

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 ]

/ ˈoʊldˈfæʃ ənd /

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR old-fashioned

1 outmoded, obsolete.

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Origin of old-fashioned

First recorded in 1645–55

synonym study for old-fashioned

1. See ancient¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM old-fashioned

old-fash·ioned·ly, adverbold-fash·ioned·ness, noun

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How to use old fashioned in a sentence

“This is a very different mindset from old fashioned management,” added Edmonson.
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After 146 applications she’s accepted a job, but they hired her the old fashioned way.
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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.
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They could get the same, if not better, data by using old fashioned methods of counting people and cars.
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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.
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Eyes gouged, necks snapped, and even some good old fashioned cannibalism.
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Not all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.
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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.
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Veterinarians may continue prescribing the old-fashioned way, without exemption, as can prescriptions to be filled out of state.
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The Old-Fashioned is the crème of the cocktail crop—according to Don Draper, at least.
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People have not only ceased to purchase those old-fashioned things called books, but even to read them!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Our luggage, I remember, p. 5was carried on the roof of the carriage in the good old-fashioned coaching style.
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The portmanteau was the sign of youth and progress; old-fashioned people stuck to the carpet bag.
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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.
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Dorothy, already out of hearing, had vanished into the old-fashioned house at the bottom of the hill.
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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, adverb

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