old-timey
adjective
: of a kind or style prevalent in or reminiscent of an earlier time
old-timey music
Examples of old-timey in a Sentence
tourists can pose for pictures wearing old-timey dresses or top hats
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Down the back stairs is the Candy Barrel, a room with toys and containers full of bulk sweets (including old-timey kinds like Mary Janes and Ice Cubes) to scoop into little paper sacks.
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The hypercompetent old-timey secretary is turbocharged into oblivion with Gardner’s performance as Trudy, who anticipates all of her boss’s requests, up to a point.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The old-timey Cracker Barrel logo undoubtedly required an update, says Jenn Szekely, president at Coley Porter Bell, a branding agency based in New York and London.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Cracker Barrel has been undergoing a $700 million modern revamp, stripping away the old-timey trinkets for a less cluttered look in its restaurants and introducing a new logo.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
The hypercompetent old-timey secretary is turbocharged into oblivion with Gardner’s performance as Trudy, who anticipates all of her boss’s requests, up to a point.
—Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The old-timey Cracker Barrel logo undoubtedly required an update, says Jenn Szekely, president at Coley Porter Bell, a branding agency based in New York and London.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Cracker Barrel has been undergoing a $700 million modern revamp, stripping away the old-timey trinkets for a less cluttered look in its restaurants and introducing a new logo.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
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 16 Sep. 2025.
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