Meaning of newfangly | Babel Free

Definitions

Newfangled.

humorous, obsolete

Examples

“He had alſo ſet a prieſt of his and a ſeculer ſeruaunt of his beſyde to by [buy⟳] many of the ſame ſuyte [of books], & double⟳ and treble of one ſorte, whiche were by thẽ [them] vttred to diuers yonge ſcholers ſuch as thei founde properly witted, feately lerned, and newfangly mynded.”

“Sounds like⟳ one o' them newfangly things they come⟳ up with since '87 …”

“You whippersnappers are sumpin else, what with yer newfangly com-poo-ters and compyserve accounts … why, when I was a boy, we had to walk⟳ 10 miles in the snow⟳ to post⟳ to ROFF, and that was in the summer, […]”

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