old-time

old-time
old-time old-time adj. attractively old-fashioned.

Syn: quaint. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • old-time — (adj.) 1824, from OLD (Cf. old) + TIME (Cf. time) (n.). Related: Old timey (1850) …   Etymology dictionary

  • old-time — [ōld′tīm′, ōld′tīm΄] adj. 1. of, like, or characteristic of past times 2. of long standing or experience [an old time journalist] …   English World dictionary

  • old-time — old ,time adjective old fashioned in a way that you admire: an old time politician …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • old-time — adj [only before noun] typical of what used to exist, be done etc in the past ▪ old time remedies …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • old-time — old′ time′ adj. 1) belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc 2) being long established • Etymology: 1815–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • old-time — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ pleasingly traditional or old fashioned …   English terms dictionary

  • old-time — index outdated Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Old-Time — Der Begriff Old Time Music bezeichnet die ursprüngliche Form der Country Musik von 1920 bis ungefähr 1939. Häufig wird auch der Ausdruck Hillbilly Music benutzt, mit dem jedoch unpräziser oft auch einfach Country Musik bis etwa 1950 gemeint ist.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Old Time — For traditional North American music, see Old time music. For the play by Harold Pinter, see Old Times. The Dapper Dans, a barbershop quartet at Walt Disney World, present Old Timeyness to park guests. Old time , old timey and olde tyme… …   Wikipedia

  • old-time — 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe something as old time, you mean that it was common in the past but is not common now. ...an old time dance hall which still has a tea dance on Monday afternoons. Syn: old fashioned 2) ADJ: ADJ n You can use old time… …   English dictionary

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