Definition of Old fashioned

1. Noun. A cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices.

Terms within: Whiskey, Whisky
Generic synonyms: Cocktail

Definition of Old fashioned

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of old-fashioned) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Fashioned

old ball
old bean
old boy
old boy network
old boys' club
old chap
old chestnut
old codger
old college try
old country
old days
old fashioned (current term)
old flame
old flames
old fogey
old fogies
old folks
old franc
old francs
old geezer
old girl
old gold
old growth
old guard
old guards
old habits die hard

Literary usage of Old fashioned

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"Next they got out an old fiddle, and one played and another patted juba, and the rest turned themselves loose on a regular old-fashioned keel-boat ..."

2. Dombey and Son. by Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight Browne (1848)
"PAUL GROWS MORE AND MORE OLD-FASHIONED, AND GOES HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. WHEN the Midsummer vacation approached, no indecent manifestations of joy were ..."

3. Children's Books and Reading by William Finch Allen, Montrose Jonas Moses (1907)
"THE OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARY A child should not need to choose between right ... EV LUCAS has compiled two volumes of old-fashioned tales for modern readers. ..."

4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1908)
"AN OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARIAN, THE LATE AR SPOFFORD BY WORTHINGTON C. FORD, Chief of Manuscripts, Library of Congress IT was my fortune to come into connection ..."

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