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[ adjective ] attractively old-fashioned

Synonyms

quaint

Examples

"houses with quaint thatched roofs" "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

Wiry and burr_headed , with steel_blue eyes and a chest splattered with medals , Chandler is the epitome of the old-time trooper .

Related terms

fashionable nonmodern

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[ adjective ] attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)

Synonyms

quaint olde_worlde

Examples

"houses with quaint thatched roofs" "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

Related terms

fashionable

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