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horse-and-buggy

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horse-and-bug⋅gy

[hawrs-uhn-buhg-ee]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
2. old-fashioned; outmoded: horse-and-buggy methods.

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism
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horse-and-buggy

adjective
relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations 
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