old-time
adjective
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier period
old-time songs
2
: of long standing
old-time residents
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an old-time song that took the long-married couple back to when they were first dating
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Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
Listen to a Live Radio Show The historic Rex Theater welcomes local, regional, and national old-time musical acts.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey host a night with old-time and modern performers.
—Mike Hughes, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
Students fill the living room with old-time bluegrass, a sound heard less and less in this changing community.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Old-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-time. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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