"old-time" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-old-time.ogg Forms: more old-time [comparative], most old-time [superlative]
Etymology: From old + time. Etymology templates: {{af|en|old|time}} old + time Head templates: {{en-adj}} old-time (comparative more old-time, superlative most old-time)
  1. From or reminiscent of an earlier time or era; old-fashioned. Translations (old-fashioned): старинен (starinen) (Bulgarian), старовремски (starovremski) (Bulgarian), vétuste (French), vetustus (Latin), gammaldags (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-old-time-en-adj-IuM7um8R Disambiguation of 'old-fashioned': 96 4
  2. Ancient; persisting since ancient times.
    Sense id: en-old-time-en-adj-KsoprsFd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: old-time country, old-timer, old-timey, old-timy
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