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old school
noun
advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism: a military man of the old school.
Origin:
1790–1800
1790–1800
Related forms
old-school, adjective
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| old school | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (Brit) a school formerly attended by a person |
| 2. | a group of people favouring traditional ideas or conservative practices |
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Word Origin & History
old-school
in ref. to a group of people noted for conservative views or principals on some professional or political matter, 1749.
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Slang Dictionary
old school definitionand old skool
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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