old-timey
adjective
: of a kind or style prevalent in or reminiscent of an earlier time
old-timey music
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tourists can pose for pictures wearing old-timey dresses or top hats
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Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
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Fun Fact Wood ash was one of the primary ingredients used to make old-timey lye soap.
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Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
While vintage-looking grandmillennial floral wallpapers can be pleasantly old-timey, avoid damask and acanthus leaf patterns at all costs.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Fun Fact Wood ash was one of the primary ingredients used to make old-timey lye soap.
—Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Mar. 2026
The old-timey rhymes don’t lie; March certainly comes in like a lion.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for old-timey
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“Old-timey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-timey. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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