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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Why is there now a bank of three old-timey telephone booths with men inside making calls?
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Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Undergraduates are rushing to sign up for his classes in such old-timey dances as waltz, tango, swing, salsa, cha-cha and two step.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
Like these forerunners, the pleasures of Knight’s A Thousand Blows, which premiered all six episodes of its second season on Hulu Friday, lies in looking back on that thin sliver of time, about 15 years ago, when anachronistic old-timey crime was in vogue.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Undergraduates are rushing to sign up for his classes in such old-timey dances as waltz, tango, swing, salsa, cha-cha and two step.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Gone were the days of elaborate concepts, old-timey characters, and aspirations toward modern classical composition.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
Like these forerunners, the pleasures of Knight’s A Thousand Blows, which premiered all six episodes of its second season on Hulu Friday, lies in looking back on that thin sliver of time, about 15 years ago, when anachronistic old-timey crime was in vogue.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Old-timey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-timey. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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