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old school

noun

  1. advocates or supporters of established custom or of conservatism.

    a military man of the old school.



old school

noun

  1. a school formerly attended by a person

  2. a group of people favouring traditional ideas or conservative practices

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • old-school adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of old school1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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“The truth is, as much as we loved the old school, it simply wasn’t serving our students the way they deserved.”

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She tells the story of him inviting children from his old school to watch Palace train.

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In certain jurisdictions, for example, moms have advocated for replacing old school buses, which produce emissions that can exacerbate asthma, to electric ones.

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"My wife is a teacher and she had to find an entirely new job up here. She really loved her old school, but this was more important," she says.

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“People rejected Deco in the ’50s because it seemed like something that was old school and they wanted nothing to do with it.

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