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Old School en · ADJ
Meanings
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(US, alt-of, idiomatic, not-comparable) Alternative letter-case form of old school (“having conservative or traditional views on Christianity or politics”).
Local politicians assume various appellations, such as New School and Old School Democrats, Snyderites, Clintonians, and many others, mostly derived from the name or principles of some popular demagogue.
1816, “an Old Scene Painter” [pseudonym], The Emigrant’s Guide; or, A Picture of America: […], London: […] W[illiam] Clowes, […] for W[illiam] Simpkin and R[ichard] Marshall, […], →OCLC, footnote *, page 17: