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old-fashionedness

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Noun1.old-fashionedness - the property of being no longer fashionable
oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
quaintness - the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"


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When the big M-word finally came up, the couple first discussed eloping in Italy-"but the old-fashionedness in me was like, 'I want the ring,'" Ms.
But when you're talking about the county fair, you've got to get more of that old-fashionedness back into it.
With the return of the rolls of cotton wrap, Vicky detects the disintegration of what she stood for, the entrenched conservatism represented by her continued admiration for her father (whose portrait hangs in her office) who fought the 'Indians' for the territory on which the clinic stands and her desire to preserve the status quo, represented by the studied old-fashionedness of her room and the dark wig she does not want to be seen without.
 
 
 
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