old school
- advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism: a military man of the old school.
Origin of old school
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Contemporary Examples of old-school
The Metropolitan Opera is the old-school Cadillac of arts institutions.
But old-school plants—the type that grow in the dirt—have also been vital to human progress.
The Spire rests on the same basic principal as the old-school fountains.
Font of InventionSeptember 18, 2014
Rivers was an old-school trouper, fully immersed in pop culture for her comedy routine.
The 68-year-old actress follows an old-school routine from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Helen Mirren Trains Like the Air Force; Kendall Jenner Denied Kim Kardashian at Her ShowsThe Fashion Beast Team
July 29, 2014
Historical Examples of old-school
Fired five thousand of the old-school officers to win this war.
The Iron RationGeorge Abel Schreiner
Now comes the old-school doctor, and thrusts in his lancet too soon.
Bits About Home MattersHelen Hunt Jackson
Starke touched his hat with the air of an old-school gentleman.
Both Adah and Maria belong to that old-school class of proper feminine folk who never pick but always pluck flowers.
The HouseEugene Field
He's a good detective, but he likes the old-school methods, and—he and I never got on very well.
Through the WallCleveland Moffett
old school
- mainly British a school formerly attended by a person
- a group of people favouring traditional ideas or conservative practices