old-time
11old-time — 1) ADJ: ADJ n If you describe something as old time, you mean that it was common in the past but is not common now. ...an old time dance hall which still has a tea dance on Monday afternoons. Syn: old fashioned 2) ADJ: ADJ n You can use old time… …
12old-time — /ohld tuym /, adj. 1. belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old time sailing ships; an old time piano player. 2. being long established: old time residents. [1815 25] * * * …
13old-time — adjective we danced to Grandfather s old time music it s an old time tradition Syn: old style, former, past, bygone, old fashioned, historic; traditional, folk, ancestral, classical, old world, quaint Ant: modern …
14old-time — adjective Date: 1824 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier period < old time songs > 2. of long standing < old time residents > …
15old-time — adjective From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old fashioned. He likes to listen to old time music …
16old-time — UK / US adjective old fashioned in a way that you admire an old time politician …
17old-time — /ˈoʊld taɪm/ (say ohld tuym) adjective belonging to or characteristic of former times; old fashioned: *What old time journalists used to call this venerable pile was certainly looking magnificent. –sutton woodfield, 1960 …
18old-time — adjective attractively old fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) houses with quaint thatched roofs a vaulted roof supporting old time chimney pots • Syn: ↑quaint, ↑olde worlde • Similar to: ↑fashionable, ↑stylish …
19old-time — adj. Old time is used with these nouns: ↑religion …
20Old-time music — Stylistic origins British folk, African music, minstrel, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, Appalachian music Cultural origins English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish African, French, German, Spanish …
