old-timey

• Because this is an old-timey world, where female empowerment is wrapped up in devotion to a man, we get all that cheesy stuff now viewed as tired tropes - the dreamer craning expectantly at the sound of a train whistle, the ingenue swooning in her lover's well - chiseled arms. —  California Chronicle
• Wise Kwai's caught a sneak preview: "Though Wisit restrains the colorful style he displayed in Citizen Dog, this intelligent, spooky ghost thriller still oozes old-timey Siamese atmosphere, and for that alone, it's a beautiful film to watch." —  GreenCine Daily
• I was secretly hoping the handsets had been scavenged from genuine old-timey phones from the '60s and' 70s, and would be hefty and sturdy enough to club a grizzly bear to death. —  Edmonton Sun
• Surrounded by Hotel Congress 'old-timey mystique, the club serves as an ideal venue for concert-goers, weary bands in the midst of national tours, and members of Tucson's local music scene alike. —  Arizona Daily Wildcat
• With both apps, your iPhone essentially becomes the electronic equivalent of one of those unsettling old-timey ear trumpets. —  GigaOM Network

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