old fashioned
(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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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.
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Other words from old-fashioned
- old-fash·ioned·ly, adverb
- old-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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Eyes gouged, necks snapped, and even some good old fashioned cannibalism.
The Red Viper, Zoe Barnes, and the Best Fictional Deaths of 2014 | Melissa Leon | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNot all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA 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.
No More Paper Prescriptions: Docs Fight Fraud by Going Electronic | Dale Eisinger | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Old-Fashioned is the crème of the cocktail crop—according to Don Draper, at least.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople 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.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe portmanteau was the sign of youth and progress; old-fashioned people stuck to the carpet bag.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe road led to an old fashioned, high gabled farm-house at the foot of the hill; the only tenement visible from that lonely spot.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieDorothy, 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
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
Scot and Northern English dialect old for one's age: an old-fashioned child
a cocktail containing spirit, bitters, fruit, etc
Derived forms of old-fashioned
- old-fashionedly, adverb
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