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old school

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old school
n.
A group committed to traditional ideas or practices: a diplomat of the old school.
old school
Noun
a group of people favouring traditional or conservative ideas or practices
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Noun1.old schoolold school - a class of people favoring traditional ideas
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
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To the last Lavalle was a Catholic of the old school, accepting--he who had looked into the very heart of the lightnings--the dogmas of papal infallibility, of absolution, of confession--of relics great and small.
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I wish all the girls would leave, and spoil his old school.
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"The Prince," she said, "is an intriguer of the old school.
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