old school

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noun

advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism: a military man of the old school.

Origin of old school

First recorded in 1790–1800

Related formsold-school, adjective

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Examples from the Web for old-school

Contemporary Examples

The Metropolitan Opera is the old-school Cadillac of arts institutions.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year
Shawn E. Milnes
November 23, 2014
But old-school plants—the type that grow in the dirt—have also been vital to human progress.
Growth Stocks
The Daily Beast
October 17, 2014
The Spire rests on the same basic principal as the old-school fountains.
Font of Invention
September 18, 2014
Rivers was an old-school trouper, fully immersed in pop culture for her comedy routine.
Joan Rivers: Our Last Interview
Tim Teeman
September 4, 2014
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 Shows
The Fashion Beast Team
July 29, 2014

Historical Examples

Fired five thousand of the old-school officers to win this war.
The Iron Ration
George Abel Schreiner
Now comes the old-school doctor, and thrusts in his lancet too soon.
Bits About Home Matters
Helen Hunt Jackson
Starke touched his hat with the air of an old-school gentleman.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 74, December, 1863
Various
Both Adah and Maria belong to that old-school class of proper feminine folk who never pick but always pluck flowers.
The House
Eugene Field
He's a good detective, but he likes the old-school methods, and—he and I never got on very well.
Through the Wall
Cleveland Moffett

British Dictionary definitions for old-school

old school

noun

mainly British a school formerly attended by a person
a group of people favouring traditional ideas or conservative practices

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Word Origin and History for old-school

adj.

in reference to a group of people noted for conservative views or principals on some professional or political matter, 1749, from old + school (n.).

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Examples from the Web for old-school

Contemporary Examples

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.

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.

Historical Examples

Fired five thousand of the old-school officers to win this war.

Now comes the old-school doctor, and thrusts in his lancet too soon.

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.

He's a good detective, but he likes the old-school methods, and—he and I never got on very well.

old school

Word Origin and History for old-school

adj.

Origin of old school