old-time
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier period
old-time songs
2
: of long standing
old-time residents
Examples of old-time in a Sentence
an old-time song that took the long-married couple back to when they were first dating
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The retro newbies will also assuredly be polarizing from old-time favorites.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
This old-time favorite is always a good idea.
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This year’s newest members included Hot Rize, the Bluegrass Cardinals, and the late Arnold Shultz, an old-time Black musician who remains a pioneering influence on the formation of bluegrass.
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And the decor is still the same paneled walls with old-time ads for Nehi and Cepacol.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
This old-time favorite is always a good idea.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
This year’s newest members included Hot Rize, the Bluegrass Cardinals, and the late Arnold Shultz, an old-time Black musician who remains a pioneering influence on the formation of bluegrass.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
And the decor is still the same paneled walls with old-time ads for Nehi and Cepacol.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for old-time
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“Old-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-time. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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