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noun

old-fashioned, old fashioned n. A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.

adjective

Old-fashioned adj.

Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old customs, styles, or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl; old-fashioned wire-rimmed glasses. "Old-fashioned men of wit." "This old-fashioned, quaint abode."

Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded (2); out-of-date. (Narrower terms: old-fashioned, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.)

Synonyms: antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.

Unfashionably out of date; out of style. (Narrower terms: unfashionable (vs. fashionable))

Synonyms: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.

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Etymology of 'Old-fashioned'

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