old school tie

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ohld skool tahy]
- /oʊld skul taɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ohld skool tahy]
- /oʊld skul taɪ/

Definitions of old school tie words

noun old school tie a necktie striped in the colors of a specific English public school, especially as worn by a graduate to indicate his educational background. 1
noun old school tie an alumnus of an English public school. 1
noun old school tie the clannishness and conservative manners, dress, and attitudes associated with students and graduates of the English public schools. 1
noun old school tie snobbishness, clannishness, or extreme conservatism. 1
singular noun old school tie When people talk about the old school tie, they are referring to the situation in which people who attended the same public school use their positions of influence to help each other. 0
noun old school tie a distinctive tie that indicates which school the wearer attended 0

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Origin of old school tie

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Old school tie

noun

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adverb

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preposition

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exclamation

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old school tie popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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