old-timey

[ohld-tahy-mee]

adjective

Informal.

1. belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time.

   an inn with charming, old-timey details.

Word History and Origins

Origin of old-timey¹

First recorded in 1850–55; old-time ( def. ) + -y ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Her living room walls are lined with old-timey lace-up heels that she says were only ever worn by Bette Midler, as she was the only actor with feet small enough to wear them.

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Old-timey Cleveland end Dante Lavelli, nicknamed “Gluefingers,” played only three games at Ohio State, and kicker Jan Stenerud was a competitive skier who only played in his senior year at Montana State.

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It’s the old-timey Naturewell and has been around for decades — it just feels like the real, crunchy deal.

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It was in the middle of a gallery wall filled with old-timey signed photos of celebrities including Sly Stallone and Lindsay Wagner, Johnny Depp and even Charles Bukowski.

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Not long after his arrival in Los Angeles three decades ago, Nathan Marsak bought a 1949 Packard, the kind of car best suited for old-timey gangsters and detectives, not an architectural historian who left Wisconsin to move to the city of his dreams.

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