- 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
Bride and groom, Ilona and Alexander, are sitting by a mock campfire and observing time-honoured rituals, like the ripping of cloth and a dance with animal furs.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
When I remember the time-honoured theory that a writing person is no good for anything else, I feel obliged, at the risk of appearing a braggart, to parade the above fact.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge
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