old-timey
adjective
: of a kind or style prevalent in or reminiscent of an earlier time
old-timey music
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Examples of old-timey in a Sentence
tourists can pose for pictures wearing old-timey dresses or top hats
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Cage’s titular villain seems to hide in plain sight: shown only from the chin down for the majority of the movie, his singsongy voice and pale, old-timey clothing help create a deeply unsettling vibe.
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Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
My dad’s old-timey ham and cheese sliders never fail to deliver.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
Along the Atlantic, that looks like old-timey New England fishing villages, a North Carolina mountain town along the Appalachian Trail, and a town made up of more than a dozen islands in the Florida Keys.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2024
Each week, the old-timey storefront transforms into a rowdy, rollicking venue for Appalachian musicians of every caliber, coming together to perform simply for the love of song and the interaction with others.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
My dad’s old-timey ham and cheese sliders never fail to deliver.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
Along the Atlantic, that looks like old-timey New England fishing villages, a North Carolina mountain town along the Appalachian Trail, and a town made up of more than a dozen islands in the Florida Keys.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2024
Each week, the old-timey storefront transforms into a rowdy, rollicking venue for Appalachian musicians of every caliber, coming together to perform simply for the love of song and the interaction with others.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
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“Old-timey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-timey. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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