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past-time en · ADJ

Etymology

From past + time. First appears c. 1889 in the writings of James John Hissey.

Meanings

1. (dated, obsolete) Belonging to a time from the past; old-fashioned; outdated.
   • These past-time inns, the outcome of the picturesque coaching days, when they have not been altered or improved to suit modern requirements, how they delight the eye of the nineteenth-century traveller along the old high roads! 1889, James John Hissey, A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern Counties, page 89:
   • ... perhaps because of this it retains unhurt so much of its past-time naturalness. 1913, James John Hissey, A Leisurely Tour in England, page 94:

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