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old-fashioned Adjective

— Something that looks or is done the way it was a long time ago; often with the intent that that is no longer the way things look or are done anymore. People thought Obadiah Birdwell was old-fashioned because he drove a horse and buggy, wore homespun knickers, and churned his own butter.

old-fashioned

— adjective (= antique, demode, outmoded) out of fashion a suit of rather antique appearance demode (or outmoded) attire outmoded ideas

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out of date antiquated outmoded obsolete out-of-date outdated ancient antique dated archaic old passe conservative unfashionable old-time obsolescent antediluvian passee out of fashion old-hat frumpy frumpish dowdy demode stuffy stodgy out of style fusty corny anachronistic unprogressive trite tart tardy standpat standing evil square-toed square rococo reproachful quaint primitive primeval premodern precocious out-moded ou of date orthodox olden old-world

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