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horse-and-buggy
adjective
USinformaluk /ˌhɔːs.ənˈbʌɡ.i/ us /ˌhɔːrs.ənˈbʌɡ.i/
old-fashioned, or relating to a time in the past:
These new systems are taking us directly from the horse-and-buggy days to the space age.
We're trying to fix a horse-and-buggy tax system to better meet the needs of today.
Our politicians are still saying essentially the same things they did back in the horse-and-buggy days.
His commitment to our horse-and-buggy constitution will damage his attempts to be seen as a leader for the 21st century.
Those people are still living in the horse-and-buggy days.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Old or old-fashioned
age-old
ageing
ancient
antediluvian
anti-progressive
fossilization
fossilize
fossilized
frumpy
fustily
outdate
outdated
outdatedly
outmoded
outworn
unmodernized
unmodish
unprogressive
unreconstructed
unsmart
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