of the old school
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I am a nurse of the old school, starting as a staff nurse at Children’s Orthopedic Hospital on Queen Anne Hill in 1952 and moving to Laurelhurst in 1953.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Lionel Blair will be remembered as a variety entertainer of the old school, whose mischievous wit, flamboyance and ever-twinkling eye kept him popular whatever the decade.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2021
A perfectly manicured soccer field sits in front of the old school building.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2021
With her mix of slightly self-parodic ridiculousness undercut with no-messin’, true-to-herself honesty, she is a proper grande dame of the old school.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2020
A craftsman of the old school, he scorned progress.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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