It's a quirk, a quaint tradition in some of the less sophisticated townships.

Menzies smiled, already feeling a nostalgia for the old pile and its quaint traditions.

The massive retaining walls surrounding the complex were but a quaint architectural tradition, I was informed.

Of fox hunting's many quaint traditions and locutions, perhaps the "stirrup cup," a tiny glass of sherry offered at the start, is the most useful.

Christopher Collier, the state historian, said the May elections had value beyond a quaint tradition.

They call it a quaint tradition.

They described, or invented, quaint regional traditions.

So we have Kalyani Devi's husband and all her brothers-in-law staying in with their wives as per their quaint tradition.

A quaint pre-war tradition at Lord's was 'the monarch's wicket'.

I uttered a one word critique of Mr. Sharp, his "quaint traditions", and his lack of an index.