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Synonyms for old-fashioned


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ohld-fash-uhnd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈfæʃ ənd

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Définition of old-fashioned

Origin :
  • 1590s, "in an outdated style," from old + past participle of fashion (v.). As a type of cocktail, attested from 1901, American English.
  • Old Fashioned Tom Gin Cocktail Mix same as Holland Gin Old Fashioned Cocktail using Old Tom gin in place of Holland [George J. Kappeler, "Modern American Drinks," Akron, Ohio, 1900]
  • adj antiquated
Example sentences :
  • One need not look so high as the old-fashioned stuccoed ceiling.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His knees pressed the long holster of an old-fashioned rifle.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • And I say, Sandy, what's the weight of that old-fashioned bar of iron you have in your hands?
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I pushed open the door and stepped into the old-fashioned hall.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • But this is only a single barrel, and an old-fashioned sort of detonator.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But old-fashioned though the advice may have been, it was welcomed.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • But especially does he delight in the long-drawn wail of some of our old-fashioned hymns.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • He was dressed in plain dinner clothes of old-fashioned cut.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Why he talks as many long-winded, old-fashioned words, as the Schoolmaster.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • It had (p. 151) been so once, though the fortifications were old-fashioned.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

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