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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This is a vast overturning of the old-time natural language processing (NLP) that used to be stilted and awkward to use, which has been shifted into a new version of NLP fluency of an at times startling or amazing caliber. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Wilson is from Meadowvale Village in Ontario, Canada, and was part of a heritage association which aimed to protect the area's unique old-time aesthetic. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 Lehmkuhl has captured valuable audio from the slamming doors, humming towel machines, and rushing water pipes, noting that the samples collected from these unlikely sources are perfect sound effects for an old-time saloon or ghost town. Ashwin Rodrigues, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024 With camera at the ready, nails painted Midas gold, intrepid photographer Hunter Abrams is shooting a FoF lookbook in the tradition of an old-time fashion parade, in keeping with this year’s theme: the power of the runway show. Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for old-time 

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of old-time was in 1824

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“Old-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-time. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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old-time

adjective
ˌōl(d)-ˌtīm
1
: of, relating to, or typical of an earlier period
2
: of long standing
old-time residents

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