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Meanings of quaint in английском
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
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Examples for "old-time"
Examples for "old-time"
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'.
5
Without the Internet, the voices of the old-time dissidents were barely heard.
1
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.
4
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 quaint in английском
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.
6
It occupied considerable time, but I took a quaint delight in it.
7
We see it as a quaint story, but signalmen were new then.
8
Afterward Chaucer wrote these down in a book in quaint old English.
9
The voice I loved was speaking in its quaint, somewhat drawly cadence:
10
The ticking noise resembled the quaint sound made by the death spider.
11
He no longer had a calling card-thatwas so quaint, so nineties.
12
He spoke in the quaint universal language, which I understood, though imperfectly.
13
Now he turned to us and said in his quaint broken English:
14
He did, and it was just the place; quaint, restful, and retired.
15
You in the West believe this is some quaint and irrational quarrel.
16
The narrative of her escape we give in her own quaint words.
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Quaint through the time
Quaint across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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