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old-time

old-time adjective: from or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.

Adjective

old-time (comparative more old-time, superlative most old-time)

  1. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
    • He likes to listen to old-time music.
  2. Ancient; persisting since ancient times.
    • Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 97

old-time meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

old-time in Bengali

পুরানো ধাঁচের, প্রাচীন, প্রাচীনকাল থেকে চলে আসা

old-time in Malayalam

past, former, bygone
വളരെക്കാലമായി നിലനില്ക്കുന്ന, പഴഞ്ചൻ രീതിയിലുള്ള, പഴയ, പോയ, മുമ്പിലത്തെ, കീഴ്

Forms of old-time

comparativemore old-time
superlativemost old-time

Origin of old-time

From old + time.

Words formed from old-time

Phrases with old-time

Questions about old-time

What does old-time mean?
Old-time means from or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned.
What is old-time in Bengali?
Old-time in Bengali is পুরানো ধাঁচের, প্রাচীন, প্রাচীনকাল থেকে চলে আসা. See Old-time meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is old-time?
Old-time is an adjective.

Words near old-time in the dictionary

  1. old-schools
  2. old-shoe
  3. old-style
  4. old-sweat
  5. old-sweats
  6. old-time
  7. old-time country
  8. old-time music
  9. old-timely
  10. old-timer
  11. old-timer's disease

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: old-time (page history and authors); old-time (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); old-time (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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