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Significats de olde worlde en anglès

Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

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        Examples for "quaint"
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        Smith said, That quaint premise was clearly established years ago, old friend.
        Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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        Sir, - We have just witnessed rather quaint election in Northern Ireland.
        The Irish Times
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        There is humility in that simple, quaint present; trustfulness and kind intention.
        Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
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        A fearful rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 / A Mag...
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        In the midst stands a stalwart form, in quaint but regal attire.
        Letters from High Latitudes / Being Some Account of a Voyage in ...
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        It flaunted in the face of the passer-by an old-time front yard.
        Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
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        One aimed to draw recruits; the other to hold the old-time Democrats.
        Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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        Rosanna herself found an old-time song book with some questionable subject matter.
        Radio NZ
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        These old-time Beijing residents thought they were the 'Citizens of the Emperor'.
        Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
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        Without the Internet, the voices of the old-time dissidents were barely heard.
        Reuters
        Ús de olde worlde en anglès
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        There, with no help from the olde worlde lamps, I wait until I dare to cross.
        The Irish Times
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        At this point I should advise anyone who prefers ye olde worlde bedde and breakfaste to go and mow the lawn.
        The Guardian
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        Delegates filed through the door on Saturday into olde worlde splendour of big comfy chairs, polished wooden floors and luxurious Christmas decorations.
        The Irish Times
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        They found themselves in a clean, neat public bar, with matching wooden chairs, olde worlde wooden tables, and chintz curtains at the windows.
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