old-time

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Francis, 48, says some of the old-time shoemakers have given up trying to create footwear from scratch, and now just fix the mass-produced shoes that have put them out of business.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Born Max Katz Breit in 1873, he immigrated as a boy to America where he “began his tutelage with . . . an old-time professional trickster” and came up with his stage name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Around here, we enjoy a good story about an old-time guy preserved in a bog.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025

It's an album of stunning poetic clarity and emotion – typified by the title track, an old-time country-rock ballad inspired by her love of detective novels.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Altogether there were four brothers—he, Henry, Walter, and Garland—and they epitomized old-time cool: suave, handsome black men who worked hard, drank hard, dressed well, liked fine women and new money.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride