old-timey

adjective

ˈōl(d)-ˈtī-mē How to pronounce old-timey (audio)
Synonyms of old-timeynext
: of a kind or style prevalent in or reminiscent of an earlier time
old-timey music

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tourists can pose for pictures wearing old-timey dresses or top hats
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Others are total lemons (an old-timey way of saying a piece of junk). — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026 But when his ice cream-eating schoolmates begin slaughtering their parents overnight, seemingly fueled by the wafting sound of the truck jingle and old-timey black-and-white animations invading their phones, Jared seems like the lucky one. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 The whole debacle left me shaking my head like a Waldorf and Statler-style old-timey crank, openly nostalgic for a time in which music took up more space, demanded more of us, and didn’t have to be so uplifting. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Along the Eastern Seaboard, that looks like old-timey New England fishing villages, North Carolina mountain towns near the Appalachian Trail, and island communities in the Florida Keys. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for old-timey

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of old-timey was in 1850

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“Old-timey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old-timey. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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