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noun
advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism: a military man of the old school.
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Origin of old school First recorded in 1790–1800
OTHER WORDS FROM old school old-school, adjective
Words nearby old school old rose ,
Old Russian ,
Olds ,
old saw ,
Old Saxon ,
old school ,
old school tie ,
Old Scratch ,
old shoe ,
old skool ,
Old Slavic
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Words related to old school acceptable ,
accustomed ,
classic ,
classical ,
conservative ,
conventional ,
customary ,
habitual ,
old ,
popular ,
regular ,
rooted ,
time-honored ,
old line ,
conforming ,
old-fashioned ,
past ,
traditional ,
unprogressive ,
leftovers
How to use old school in a sentence If Rodgers’s example is anything to go by, the road warriors of the old school were above such base materialism.
The social media app is taking it old school , connecting with new and returning customers with voice chats that’ll be partnered with decks, talks and videos to elevate the experience.
The shape vaguely resembles other workout headphones like the Beats Powerbeats Pro or an old school Bluetooth headset.
Raw files use the old school photographic mindset that the initial photo is just raw materials that you shape during the editing process.
This ratio is the best to buy if you are playing old school games created prior to 2005.
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.
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British Dictionary definitions for 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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