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English
Etymology
From old-time + -y.
Adjective
old-timey (comparative more old-timey or old-timier, superlative most old-timey or old-timiest)
- (US, informal) Reminiscent or representative of an older time.
- Synonym: old-timely
- Coordinate terms: classic, antique, nostalgic, of old
- Near-synonyms: old-fashioned, antiquated, retro
For our Halloween party that year, he wove a whole aesthetic that was maximally retro. He rolled up in an old-timey car, wearing an old-timey outfit, spouting old-timey phrases. It was a magnificent performance.
1895, M[ollie] E[velyn] M[oore] Davis, “Prologue. The Town and the River.”, in Under the Man-Fig, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 6:In short, the old town—the lovablest, old-timiest, easy-goingest old town that ever was—sits there by the River, hugging its traditions, and hoarding its stories, of which it has enough to make a new Thousand and One Nights.
1951, Margaret Cussler, Not by a Long Shot: Adventures of a Documentary Film Producer, page 51:One of the main charms of the Southern scene was the number of "old-timey" practices that persisted.
1990, Harvey Manning, Penny Manning, “Anderson Island”, in Walks & Hikes Around Puget Sound (Footsore; 4), 2nd edition, Seattle, Wash.: The Mountaineers, →ISBN, “Islands in the South Sound” section, page 158:The former ferry, now the standby tied up at the Steilacoom dock, is the 18-car, wooden-hull Islander, even old-timier and better.
1994, Nancy Sweezy, Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition, page 274:Whereas some of the potters making unglazed gardenware have expanded their production, others now also make some "old-timey" utilitarian glazed stoneware.
2000, Nate Shaw, Theodore Rosengarten, All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw, page 524:That white man buys up all this old-timey stuff he can get his hands on, all through this country. The very tools I lived by, he sells em for antiques.
2014, Ken Jennings, “Seventh Period”, in Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides), New York, N.Y.: Little Simon, page 140:But what’s a “Hawkeye” or a “Hoosier”? Indian tribes? Kinds of bird, maybe? This handy guide will help you decipher the seven oddest, old-timiest state nicknames.
Usage notes
- Often used to indicate a modern simulation of an earlier time, rather than authentic remnants of that time.
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