timeworn

Historical Examples of timeworn

• Judging from what little I have seen, it appears to be ancient and timeworn.

  The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales")

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Branch after branch is dropping from the timeworn, weatherbeaten trunk.

  Jewish Literature and Other Essays

  Gustav Karpeles

• The birth of Lafayette is recorded in the yellow and timeworn parish register of Chaviniac.

  Lafayette

  Martha Foote Crow

• Besides the earnest agony of its words, there was a mute eloquence about that yellow, timeworn paper.

  Merkland

  Mrs. Oliphant

• Feeling certain of defeat at the polls, the partisans of the latter candidate resorted to the timeworn expedient of a revolt.

  The Hispanic Nations of the New World

  William R. Shepherd