old school tie
Example Sentences
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With her two Oxford blues for rowing, it would be easy to see the loyalist MP as part of the old school tie club that unites so many of the cabinet.
From The Guardian • May 27, 2012
Wearing what looks like an old school tie, he says his squad is "well-balanced".
From The Guardian • May 16, 2012
Another curiously Sri Lankan trait, highlighted in the book, is the "old school tie", the fierce attachment to one's alma mater.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2011
To many a Briton dickered with an old school tie, a high point of the year is the June day when he and his kind flock to Lords cricket grounds to watch the Eton-Harrow match.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, without any old school tie, the Air Force has not yet developed any horse-cavalry generals or battleship admirals, and in the immediate future, is not likely to do so.
From Time Magazine Archive
