time-tried

English

Adjective

time-tried (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.
    • 1976 February 7, “A Liberation Publication?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 5:
      And never mind that Goodstein, a former Grand Poo-bah in the GOP, borrowed that time-tried "silent majority" line from former King Richard.
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