Meaning of age-old | Babel Free

Definitions

Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“They still make pottery by hand, in the age-old tradition.”

“It is a striking fact that it seems to be an age-old tradition amongst locomotive designers that a 0-6-0 tender engine must have inside cylinders.”

“And on a programme of works of this magnitude, passengers will need to be mindful of the age-old maxim of 'no gain without pain'.”

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