old-timey
[ohld-tahy-mee]
- belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time: an inn with charming, old-timey details.
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Contemporary Examples of old-timey
The tactic might have been charming in an old-timey sort of way had it not been so, well, illegal.
Historical Examples of old-timey
A tuft of loops at the end is a simple and old-timey finish.
The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor WorkMary Rogers Miller
Anderson's is an old, old family-run business, which started out as an old-timey drug-store selling some books on the side.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
It was papered in pale blue and had a little, old-timey toilet table with sconces for candles.
Anne Of The IslandLucy Maud Montgomery
Why even his language had the stilted shaping of the characters in most of these old-timey classical novels.
Those Times And TheseIrvin S. Cobb