oldfangled
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You might find yourself saying “nope,” too, once or twice, in a way that’s really tantamount to saying “yes” to “Nope’s” shivery pleasures, which feel both oldfangled and new.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022
Almost everything I read relayed his story in a kind of oldfangled, florid prose.
From New York Times • May 3, 2022
The idea of investing in a character who isn’t essentially evil or bad seems oldfangled, even quaint.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2017
His cleverness as a songwriter — the oldfangled alchemy of wit, craft and subtext that tends to get coded as drollness — serves partly as a safeguard, keeping pathos at a manageable remove.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2010
She was also something of a challenge to the University of Chicago's new placement-test system for college candidates, which is itself a challenge to the oldfangled college-entrance system.
From Time Magazine Archive
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