old-time
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier period
old-time songs
2
: of long standing
old-time residents
Examples of old-time in a Sentence
an old-time song that took the long-married couple back to when they were first dating
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In 1966, Orin, the daughter of the old-time Hollywood stars George O’Brien and Marguerite Churchill, became the first woman to be named a permanent member of the New York Philharmonic.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Esposito, an old-time machine boss with a cigar perpetually clenched between his teeth, doling out threats, promises, and patronage, was the sort of leader Trump hoped to encounter in Washington and to become himself.
—John Ganz, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
They were blessed with five children and were married for 37 years
Adeline loved to crochet, sew, bake, play bingo, danced to old-time music, gardened, and canned all garden produce.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The program will feature old-time acoustic mountain and folk music on banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, bass fiddle, autoharp and the Appalachian dancing doll, plus dancing, storytelling and comedy.
—Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Esposito, an old-time machine boss with a cigar perpetually clenched between his teeth, doling out threats, promises, and patronage, was the sort of leader Trump hoped to encounter in Washington and to become himself.
—John Ganz, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025
They were blessed with five children and were married for 37 years
Adeline loved to crochet, sew, bake, play bingo, danced to old-time music, gardened, and canned all garden produce.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The program will feature old-time acoustic mountain and folk music on banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, bass fiddle, autoharp and the Appalachian dancing doll, plus dancing, storytelling and comedy.
—Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Old-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-time. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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