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old fashioned

 
–noun
(sometimes initial capital letters) a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.
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Origin:
1900–05
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old-fash⋅ioned

  [ohld-fash-uhnd]
–adjective
1. of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
2. favored or prevalent in former times: old-fashioned ideas.
3. having the conservative behavior, ways, ideas, or tastes of earlier times: a delightfully old-fashioned gentleman.
Origin:
1645–55

Related forms:
old-fash⋅ioned⋅ly, adverb
old-fash⋅ioned⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. outmoded, obsolete. See ancient 1 .
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old-fash·ioned   (ōld'fāsh'ənd)
adj.  

  1. Of a style or method formerly in vogue; outdated.

  2. Attached to or favoring methods, ideas, or customs of an earlier time: old-fashioned parents.

n.  A cocktail made of whiskey, bitters, sugar, and fruit.
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Word Origin & History

old-fashioned 
1596, "in an outdated style," from old + fashion (q.v.). As a type of cocktail, attested from 1901, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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