"ye olde" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

IPA: /ðiː əʊld/ [UK], /ði oʊld/ [US], /jiː əʊld(i)/ [UK], /ji oʊld/ [US]
Etymology: From Middle English ye olde, a spelling variant of þe olde (literally “the old”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ye olde}} Middle English ye olde Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ye olde
  1. Faux-archaic form of the old.
    Sense id: en-ye_olde-en-phrase-oM1h~Vc7
  2. Pseudo-archaic, pertaining to a historically inaccurate invocation of pre-modern times.
    Sense id: en-ye_olde-en-phrase-YqVhwBOQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67
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          "text": "All this time waiting at door. At last young fellow in a white jacket condescended to answer my bell—and asked me to wait some more in the porch. But I didn't see it and walked into ye olde tyme lounge hall, panelled in Elizabethan linen-fold oak made out of chewed paper painted olde shitte colour.",
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          "ref": "2012, Richard Marcinko, Seal Force Alpha, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Judging from the panicked look and white pallor on Pinky's face, I'd just put him between ye olde rock and ye olde harde place. Not my problem.",
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          "ref": "2024 April 27, Michael Hogan, “Did five frightened horses bolting through London really mean the end was neigh?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The saga of the fugitive nags gripped the nation. All day, #horses was a trending topic on social media, as if this was ye olde days.",
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