old-fogyish

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Wasp-waisted Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek agrees with President Roosevelt that the present is no time for old-fogyish, orthodox finance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gone from the front page are the old-fogyish editorial cartoons, as well as the proclamation that this is the "American Paper for Americans."

From Time Magazine Archive

Doubtless he is old-fogyish but from his long association with our family he knows the Forsyth traditions and what the head of the House of Forsyth should be.

From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt

Ethel did not care a pin for them or their opinion; if they chose to be old-fogyish and disagreeable, they were quite welcome to indulge their fancy.

From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)

But his scheme received no encouragement from the old-fogyish authorities.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various