old-line
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.30 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "I am deliberately convinced that Mr. Filmore has not the least chance of success, and that if it be at all possible to defeat Fremont, the Democratic party, with their candidates Buchanan and Breckinridge, with the aid of the Union-loving Old-line Whigs, is the only party which has the least chance to do so."
- "One of the old line insurance companies said to me recently, that they never made anything out of their underwriting business, but made their profit out of the investments of the reserved fund"
- "Gay alcoholism in the Boston area has come out of its closet. Here and across the nation increasing numbers of us are working for the time when gay alcoholics will no longer be subjected to the discrimination and indignities that characterized old-line treatment programs until now."
- "I also started reading a great deal about Internet transactions and the impact of the Web on more old-line businesses"
Etymology
From old + line (“stated positions of a political or religious group”). Attested from the 19th century, originally in the United States.
Inflected Forms
more old-line (comparative)
most old-line (superlative)