oldfangled
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You might find yourself saying “nope,” too, once or twice, in a way that’s really tantamount to saying “yes” to “Nope’s” shivery pleasures, which feel both oldfangled and new.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022
The idea of investing in a character who isn’t essentially evil or bad seems oldfangled, even quaint.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2017
Nov. 13: So much about Ms. Giddens could scan as oldfangled mannerism: the minstrel banjo, the mountain songs, that folk-operatic alto.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2015
His cleverness as a songwriter — the oldfangled alchemy of wit, craft and subtext that tends to get coded as drollness — serves partly as a safeguard, keeping pathos at a manageable remove.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2010
Brady's 5,000,000 outpatients� a figure reflecting the combined circulation of his 80 papers�get a solid dose of oldfangled, no-nonsense medical advice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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