old-fogyish
Example Sentences
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Gone from the front page are the old-fogyish editorial cartoons, as well as the proclamation that this is the "American Paper for Americans."
From Time Magazine Archive
Wasp-waisted Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek agrees with President Roosevelt that the present is no time for old-fogyish, orthodox finance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doubtless he is old-fogyish but from his long association with our family he knows the Forsyth traditions and what the head of the House of Forsyth should be.
From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
Some are lively, some dull, some progressive, some old-fogyish, some moral, some immoral—the result of the character of the early settlers and leading spirits, of the place in question.
From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by Atkinson, William Walker
Ethel did not care a pin for them or their opinion; if they chose to be old-fogyish and disagreeable, they were quite welcome to indulge their fancy.
From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)
