old-timey

[ ohld-tahy-mee ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time:

   an inn with charming, old-timey details.

Word History and Origins

Origin of old-timey¹

First recorded in 1850–55; old-time ( def ) + -y ¹( def )

Example Sentences

That's one of the things that struck me about it, this very old-timey chivalrous idea.

From Salon

To step into the pop-up fantasy pub — hidden in an upstairs room of a downtown Los Angeles sports bar — is to be welcomed by fake cobblestone flooring, flickering electronic candles, old-timey, slightly Gaelic music, and walls and shelving filled with odd ephemera, including skulls, plastic animal skeletons and a bevy of squirrel-related art.

From Los Angeles Times

Gerhard Trede’s jazz-blues embody the old-timey atmosphere of the resort lobby, and Martin Dupont’s French New Wave expresses the romantic tension between Gretchen and a charming resort guest.

From Los Angeles Times

One of them decides the only way to handle this is to challenge the other to an old-timey duel to the death, and all the problems that arise from that idea.

From Salon

But, as with the whining about Harris' parentage, this is mostly about drawing the public's attention to what old-timey racists called "race-mixing."

From Salon