Definitions for old-line

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Spelling: [ohld-lahyn]
IPA: /ˈoʊldˈlaɪn/

Old-Line is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in old-line (-deillno).

Definitions for old-line

adjective

  1. following or supporting conservative or traditional ideas, beliefs, customs, etc.
  2. long established; traditional:

Origin of old-line

First recorded in 1855-60

Examples for old-line

Governor Rector had been elected, in the autumn of 1860, by the Democrats and old-line Whigs.

The old-line Conservatives opened up to new ideas and new voters, yes.

old-line media firms such as newspapers, book companies and the major networks may find themselves overmatched.

And his opinion was that the old-line colleges tended to destroy individuality and smother initiative.

But all is not well at the old-line American Conservative Union, which throws the annual party.

In the first place, I would say he was not an old-line Whig.

"Secession" was not a word with which to charm the "old-line Whigs" of the South.

Jobs in the publishing world will shift away from old-line manufacturing and warehousing to technology, editorial, and creative.

The case is reduced to a rescue of two old-line industrial companies that bend metal in the Midwest.

The Committee concluded their interviews with an old-line corporal.

Word Value for old-line
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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