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old-time

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English

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Etymology

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    From old + time.

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    Adjective

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    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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