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conservative	old-fashioned; showing a liking for what has always been. [1/6 definitions]
flintlock	a part of an old-fashioned gun no longer in use. This part makes a spark that sets the powder inside on fire. [1/2 definitions]
out-of-date	old-fashioned or no longer in use.
quaint	pleasant in an old-fashioned way.
square	(informal) one who is old-fashioned in his or her taste or afraid to have fun. [2/22 definitions]
ye²	the. Ye is a misreading of an old spelling of "the" in which the letter for the "th" sound looked like a "y." When stores today put "ye" on their signs, they do so in order to look old-fashioned.

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