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Used as an archaism, originally commercially, later also frequently ironically, for old, adj. Sometimes with other words spelt archaistically, as…
Used commercially in place of ‘the old’, as a deliberate archaism to suggest antiquity or old tradition. Frequently in conjunction with other words…