"old school" meaning in All languages combined

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          "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
          "word": "à l’ancienne"
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      "word": "過氣"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "à l’ancienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "vieille école"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "vieux jeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "oldschool"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "staroszkolny (collolquial)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "oldskulowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era",
      "word": "staromodny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "old school"
}