Ex-
Old-fashioned
Old-fashioned adjective - Pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time.
Ex- is an antonym for old-fashioned.
Both words in one sentence
- Grumpy Old Man: None of the characters are really that grumpy, and only one can be called old, but that one old man, and the much younger ex-congressman, are the ones with the most "old-fashioned" points of view.
Source: Series / Century City -
For example, in "Old-Fashioned Murder", Ruth Lytton hires a just fired ex-con security guard, Milton Shaeffer, to break in and steal artifacts, claiming it's so she can get the insurance money.
Source: Series / Columbo - Scrooge (1970) gives this to Scrooge and his ex-fiancée Isabel during the song "Happiness": we see them sharing an Old-Fashioned Rowboat Date, a picnic, an archery contest, and the carriage ride during which he proposed.
Source: Lost Love Montage
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