horse-and-buggy

/ˌhɔrs ən ˌˈbʌgi/
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Definitions of horse-and-buggy
  1. adjective
    relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations
    synonyms:
    nonmodern
    not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
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