old-timey

[ohld-tahy-mee]

adjective Informal.

belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time: an inn with charming, old-timey details.

Origin of old-timey

First recorded in 1850–55; old-time + -y¹

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The tactic might have been charming in an old-timey sort of way had it not been so, well, illegal.
Winning The Ultra-Orthodox Vote
Sigal Samuel
January 22, 2013

A tuft of loops at the end is a simple and old-timey finish.
The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work
Mary 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 Brother
Cory Doctorow
It was papered in pale blue and had a little, old-timey toilet table with sconces for candles.
Anne Of The Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Why even his language had the stilted shaping of the characters in most of these old-timey classical novels.
Those Times And These
Irvin S. Cobb