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[ ohld-tahym ] / ˈoʊldˈtaɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR old-time ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebelonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player. being long established: old-time residents. Origin of old-timeFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby old-timeold sweat, Old Swedish, old talk, Old Test., Old Testament, old-time, old-time dance, old-timer, old-timey, Old Turkic, Olduvai Gorge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for old-timeHe carried a chair onto the stage, sat down and repeated the lecture he uses whenever he hires an old-time musician. Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis|Stanley Booth|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Twin Cities seem to have an old-time, survivalist, DIY spirit, and DuCett has bottled it. Twin City DIY|Blake Gopnik|October 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST That old-time FDR religion, Democrats could claim, still works. What Do Voters Want the Most?|David Frum|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST Today the most high-profile of the old-time secretive sects is Scientology. Twilight of the Moonies and Scientologists?|Peter Popham|September 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Blair himself had a famously tin ear for the old-time grass roots faction. The U.K. Phone-Hacking Bungle|Clive Irving|February 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST Since then, he has restored the Symphony to its old-time glory. The World's Great Men of Music|Harriette Brower “Search my trunk, pardner,” she said with her old-time impish grin. 'Me-Smith'|Caroline Lockhart We cooked meat in a old-time pot over the fireplace or on a forked stick. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.|Work Projects Administration And they were without honor and respect, jeering the old-time customs and laughing in the faces of chief and shamans. The Spinner's Book of Fiction|Various We rode up and were presently shaking hands with our old-time ally, the Catawba. The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for old-time
adjective(prenominal) of or relating to a former time; old-fashionedold-time dancing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to old-timeold-fashioned, ancient, dated, obsolete, out-of-date, olden |