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old-timey
[ ohld-tahy-mee ]
adjective
- 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
Example Sentences
By being set in the 1920s, the land can turn on its old-timey charm, and if you’re lucky, you’ll encounter wandering street musicians and actors playing wizarding students.
with World Tuberculosis Day this week, and the release of John Green’s new book Everything Is Tuberculosis last week, TB, which is often thought of as an old-timey disease, might seem to suddenly be a concern once again.
And wouldn't you know it, but the prescribed way to "protect" children just so happens to be giving up hopes of having a career or even much of a life outside of the home, so that women can dedicate themselves full-time to elaborate food preparation and home remedy routines for the inevitable old-timey diseases kids get when you refuse to vaccinate them.
Lynch might have always looked great in a tuxedo, his massive swoop of hair and halo of cigarette smoke framing his visage like an old-timey leading man, but it was not an outfit he seemed at home in.
Like an old-timey silent movie performer, he then began gesturing with his arms and soundlessly mouthed words.
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