Definition of Old-time

1. Adjective. Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic). "A vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

Exact synonyms: Olde Worlde, Quaint
Similar to: Fashionable, Stylish
Derivative terms: Quaintness

Definition of Old-time

1. Adjective. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old-time

old-growth stand
old-hat
old-hat(p)
old-line
old-maid's bonnet
old-maidish
old-maidism
old-maidisms
old-man
old-man-of-the-woods
old-men
old-oil
old-school
old-sweat
old-sweats
old-time (current term)
old-time country
old-timer
old-timers
old-timey
old-timy
old-womanish
old-world
old age
old age pension
old as the hills
old bag
old ball

Literary usage of Old-time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"BY CAPTAIN HAROLD HAMMOND, USA HOW PINKEY REVIVED AN old-time FEUD. RELATIONS between the boys of Enterprise ever the swimming fever took and the town ..."

2. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"And to the little conduit by Paule's gate, from whence of old time the said high ... Now from the north to the south this city was of old time divided, ..."

3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME THERE is no time like the old time, when you and I were young, When the buds of April blossomed, and the birds of spring-time sung ..."

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