time-honouredˈtime-ˌhonoured British English, time-honored American English adjectiveExamples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Called to attend at 10.15 in the morning, we started in the time-honoured way of civilization with a coffee break.
Headquarters motivates managers to meet targets in time-honoured style: carrot and stick.
In time-honoured fashion, the wisest fortune-tellers are blind.
Made by time-honoured methods, Edam is high in protein, vitamins and minerals.
Perfect control Hairspray is a time-honoured way to hold your hair in place.
Sometimes they echo time-honoured memories of widespread flooding in the region following the end of the last ice age.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►in the time-honoured fashion
Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►fashion
· In time-honoured fashion, the wisest fortune-tellers are blind.· Other humans who visited the site, however, were promptly attacked in the time-honoured fashion.
[only before noun] a time-honoured method or custom is one that has existed for a long time: Sharon became involved with music in the time-honoured fashion – through her family.