old-line
[ohld-lahyn]
- following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
- long established; traditional: old-line society.
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Origin of old-line
First recorded in 1855–60
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Contemporary Examples
The old-line Conservatives opened up to new ideas and new voters, yes.
The case is reduced to a rescue of two old-line industrial companies that bend metal in the Midwest.
Old-line media firms such as newspapers, book companies and the major networks may find themselves overmatched.
But all is not well at the old-line American Conservative Union, which throws the annual party.
Jobs in the publishing world will shift away from old-line manufacturing and warehousing to technology, editorial, and creative.
Historical Examples
"Secession" was not a word with which to charm the "old-line Whigs" of the South.
The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915Basil L. Gildersleeve
In the first place, I would say he was not an old-line Whig.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume FourAbraham Lincoln
The Committee concluded their interviews with an old-line corporal.
General Max ShorterKris Ottman Neville
Governor Rector had been elected, in the autumn of 1860, by the Democrats and old-line Whigs.
The American Indian as Slaveholder and SeccessionistAnnie Heloise Abel
And his opinion was that the old-line colleges tended to destroy individuality and smother initiative.
old-line
- US and Canadian conservative; old-fashioned
- well-established; traditional
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