- a variation of time-honored.
time-honoured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Adopting the time-honoured tradition of ignoring anything your drummer says, they pushed ahead.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Postecoglou followed that time-honoured Spurs mantra, fulfilling a promise to win a trophy in his second season.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
At Gold Beach in Arromanches, Normandy, Major Trevor Macey-Lillie, piper with the Scottish gunners, enacted a time-honoured tradition of playing a Scottish lament on the bagpipes.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
The time-honoured 'bolter' is the player who makes the late charge for the line and comes up on the rails to win a place in the squad.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
"Wait till I get you out," he said, using the phrase time-honoured by such occasions.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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