old-time
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6.7
- adjective
- /oʊld taɪm/
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- She wore an old-time dress that reminded everyone of the elegant styles from the 1950s.
What kind of a guy was Scappy, scappy, old school, old time mob guy that died in prison.
- What kind of a guy was Scappy, scappy, old school, old time mob guy that died in prison.
- It was actually owned by an old time gangster.
- Now with that, he says now this was a this was a, you know, old time detective in the NYPD.
- Maybe Sonny was an old time gangster and wanted his way because what did he have to?
- But the point was he was an old time politician, so he could adjust.
Examples
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Sounds like something out of an old-time science fiction movie.
Academic text (1994) -
Where even familiar, old-time New Yorkers would have to look twice to try to figure out where exactly it was.
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And you are the last of my old-time friends.
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And it's like an old-time movie.
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How about a good old-time church song?
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Old-time Hollywood films.
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The steel-string acoustic guitar quickly became the foremost instrument in county blues, country, and old-time music.
Academic text (1998) -
Yet Waldo Wilcox, an old-time cattle rancher in central Utah, kept the secret for more than half a century.
Academic text (2004) -
Many native southerners can recall hearing about old-time muscadine hull pies.
Academic text (1997) -
NYFD Lt. Gordy Pitt strains as he works the handle of an old-time, hand-cranked ice cream maker.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
908
6.1
Relating to a very early stage in a language, period, or culture
149
4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
76
5.8
Something pleasant and old-fashioned that seems a little unusual
16
9.6
From a time long ago when life was different
9
5.0
A style that copies clothes or design from the recent past
5
5.3
Old and from a past time that people value, like clothes or furniture
4
9.9
A spelling used to make a place or thing look like it is from the past
3
7.3
From earlier times in Europe with traditional style
Having the charming style of things from the past
Antonyms
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Old-time joins old and time, and it simply means 'from a past time'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture things with a warm, 'old-fashioned' charm—like old-time music or a kitchen with vintage signs.