past-time meaning (dated): definition, etymology and quotations

past-time

adj

Etymology From past + time. First appears c. 1889 in the writings of James John Hissey.

Dated, Obsolete Belonging to a time from the past; old-fashioned; outdated.

These past-time inns, the outcome of the picturesque coaching days, when they have not been altered or improved to suit modern requirements, how they delight the eye of the nineteenth-century traveller along the old high roads!1889, James John Hissey, A Tour in a Phaeton Through the Eastern Counties, page 89:
... perhaps because of this it retains unhurt so much of its past-time naturalness.1913, James John Hissey, A Leisurely Tour in England, page 94: