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  • proper noun The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.

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Examples

  • Reinl's sweepingly romantic, unabashedly heroic view of the Old West was a significant influence on the operatic Italian Westerns of Sergio Leone.

    Harald Reinl at 100 2008

  • Reinl's sweepingly romantic, unabashedly heroic view of the Old West was a significant influence on the operatic Italian Westerns of Sergio Leone.

    Archive 2008-07-06 2008

  • In 1824 while America was just beginning an era we now know as the Old West, Ludwig van Beethoven was composing symphonies and was the toast of Europe.

    Archive 2006-10-01 kludge 2006

  • I am not normally attracted to the stories of the Old West, which is a little odd, as the Southwest is one of my favorite regions.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Tripp 2006

  • I am not normally attracted to the stories of the Old West, which is a little odd, as the Southwest is one of my favorite regions.

    Another one for the pile Tripp 2006

  • I tracked down site information on a number of bristlecone sites by looking through ghost towns of the Old West, which is something that vaguely interests me.

    Upside-Down Quadratic Proxy Response « Climate Audit 2005

  • This movie's version of the Old West is a little too clean and perfect.

    Tucson Weekly 2010

  • "Some of the most fascinating pioneers in the Old West were the black women who settled here," said Denee McCloud, program director of the Central District Forum, which is presenting the event as part of its American Heritage Series.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Officials say 150 structures are threatened and the small hill community known as Old West

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

  • You need to remember that stealing a horse in the Old West was a very grave and serious offense.

    The Big Apple 2009

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