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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La Bistro, 722 Grapevine Highway, Hurst, is an old-time fine-dining Italian restaurant open nightly for dinner.
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Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
Some of the old-time American and Native American names for the July full moon include the full buck moon because this time of year buck deer begin sprouting out new antlers.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
Floppy ears shade their eyes from the sun like an old-time bank teller’s visor.
—Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
So, Kershaw’s rising to this occasion had a certain old-time feel to it.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 July 2025
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Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
Some of the old-time American and Native American names for the July full moon include the full buck moon because this time of year buck deer begin sprouting out new antlers.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 July 2025
Floppy ears shade their eyes from the sun like an old-time bank teller’s visor.
—Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
So, Kershaw’s rising to this occasion had a certain old-time feel to it.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for old-time
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“Old-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-time. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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