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of old

(slightly formal)

in the past Today's vegetables grow more quickly and efficiently than vegetables of old.

Usage notes: used after the noun it describes, as in the example

See also: of, old

of old

Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade. This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.

See also: of, old