old-time

[ohld-tahym]

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adjective

belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.

being long established: old-time residents.

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Origin of old-time

First recorded in 1815–25

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He carried a chair onto the stage, sat down and repeated the lecture he uses whenever he hires an old-time musician.
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That old-time FDR religion, Democrats could claim, still works.
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Today the most high-profile of the old-time secretive sects is Scientology.
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Blair himself had a famously tin ear for the old-time grass roots faction.
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Since then, he has restored the Symphony to its old-time glory.
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“Search my trunk, pardner,” she said with her old-time impish grin.
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We cooked meat in a old-time pot over the fireplace or on a forked stick.
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British Dictionary definitions for old-time

old-time

adjective

(prenominal) of or relating to a former time; old-fashionedold-time dancing

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Word Origin and History for old-time

old-time

adj.

1824, from old + time (n.). Related: Old-timey (1850).

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adjective

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