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Meanings of old customs in English

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Usage of old customs in English
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In its revival of old forms, old customs, it is a masquerade.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
2
It was an old custom, and the old customs were very good.
The American
3
Scarcely any change produced greater consternation among the admirers of old customs.
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
4
The forests have departed, but some old customs of their shades remain.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman
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There are old customs, old memories that attach us to our homes.
The Jewish State
6
The old customs and phrases are confronted, turn'd back, or laid away.
Leaves of Grass
7
The merchant adhered rigidly to the old customs of the firm.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
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She was inclined to walk in the old paths, and follow old customs.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
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The old customs had gone, the new ones had not crystallized.
Daniel Webster
10
Thus the nation would still retain its old ideals and its old customs.
Three Years' War
11
With changes of dates and times old customs and sayings lose their force.
Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
12
It is a foolish old custom, but I like old customs.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
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She is the creature of old customs, old prejudices, old New England ethics.
Theft: A Play In Four Acts
14
Tells about some old customs tourists will be able to observe.
The new yorker
15
That put Biorn out, because he was a man who liked old customs.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
16
He loved all old things, old language, old customs, old theology.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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Old customs through the time
Old customs across language varieties
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