old-time

See also: old time

English

Etymology

From old +‎ time.

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Adjective

old-time (comparative more old-time, superlative most old-time)

  1. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
    He likes to listen to old-time music.
  2. Ancient; persisting since ancient times.
    • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 97:
      Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.

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