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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Evening rituals in the communal Living Room rotate nightly, and could include old-timey games from Jinguashi in northern Taiwan, or a DIY herbal tea session inspired by the Chinese medicine shops lining Taipei’s Huaxi Street.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
Seen on opening night, the production opens with old-timey postcards projected on a screen and a live 1930s-style radio announcer (Seth Magill) reporting the arrival in Vermont of a wall of floating ice.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
The result is a baffling number of players, basically the entire roster outside the top talent, playing at expansion levels (the old-timey expansion teams, before the Vegas Golden Knights).
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Why is there now a bank of three old-timey telephone booths with men inside making calls?
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
Seen on opening night, the production opens with old-timey postcards projected on a screen and a live 1930s-style radio announcer (Seth Magill) reporting the arrival in Vermont of a wall of floating ice.
—Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
The result is a baffling number of players, basically the entire roster outside the top talent, playing at expansion levels (the old-timey expansion teams, before the Vegas Golden Knights).
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Why is there now a bank of three old-timey telephone booths with men inside making calls?
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2026.
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