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Meanings of old-time in English
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
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Examples for "quaint"
Examples for "quaint"
1
Smith said, That quaint premise was clearly established years ago, old friend.
2
Sir, - We have just witnessed rather quaint election in Northern Ireland.
3
There is humility in that simple, quaint present; trustfulness and kind intention.
4
A fearful rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
5
In the midst stands a stalwart form, in quaint but regal attire.
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There, with no help from the olde worlde lamps, I wait until I dare to cross.
2
At this point I should advise anyone who prefers ye olde worlde bedde and breakfaste to go and mow the lawn.
3
Delegates filed through the door on Saturday into olde worlde splendour of big comfy chairs, polished wooden floors and luxurious Christmas decorations.
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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.
Usage of old-time in English
1
It flaunted in the face of the passer-by an old-time front yard.
2
One aimed to draw recruits; the other to hold the old-time Democrats.
3
Rosanna herself found an old-time song book with some questionable subject matter.
4
These old-time Beijing residents thought they were the 'Citizens of the Emperor'.
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Without the Internet, the voices of the old-time dissidents were barely heard.
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Rosek had the first floor of an old-time mansion in Russell Square.
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I wish she would write 12 old-time New England tales a year.
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I remember I went to see Cordelia once in some old-time play.
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Now, from the stairway the old-time life spread throughout the old-time home.
10
Well, there's an old-time sewing machine-thekind you work with your feet.
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They had been old-time Christmas gifts; and they had never been used.
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Contrast your luxurious communicativeness with the case of the lovers of old-time.
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It was an event, the first day of spring, in old-time Hillsboro.
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Upon reaching the table Merrihew imitated the bow of an old-time courtier.
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I find no allusions in old-time literature or letters to black Steinkirks.
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Herein lies the seductive pull of old-time drugging and of modern metaphysics.