old-time

[ ohld-tahym ]

/ ˈoʊldˈtaɪm /

belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.

being long established: old-time residents.

Origin of old-time

First recorded in 1815–25

He carried a chair onto the stage, sat down and repeated the lecture he uses whenever he hires an old-time musician.

Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis |Stanley Booth |June 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Twin Cities seem to have an old-time, survivalist, DIY spirit, and DuCett has bottled it.

Twin City DIY |Blake Gopnik |October 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
That old-time FDR religion, Democrats could claim, still works.

What Do Voters Want the Most? |David Frum |October 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Today the most high-profile of the old-time secretive sects is Scientology.

Twilight of the Moonies and Scientologists? |Peter Popham |September 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Blair himself had a famously tin ear for the old-time grass roots faction.

The U.K. Phone-Hacking Bungle |Clive Irving |February 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Since then, he has restored the Symphony to its old-time glory.

The World's Great Men of Music |Harriette Brower
“Search my trunk, pardner,” she said with her old-time impish grin.

'Me-Smith' |Caroline Lockhart
We cooked meat in a old-time pot over the fireplace or on a forked stick.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. |Work Projects Administration
And they were without honor and respect, jeering the old-time customs and laughing in the faces of chief and shamans.

The Spinner's Book of Fiction |Various
We rode up and were presently shaking hands with our old-time ally, the Catawba.

The Master of Appleby |Francis Lynde

old-time

(prenominal) of or relating to a former time; old-fashioned old-time dancing