A holdover from the sixties. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Physiocultural holdover from a more primitive past. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism] Reference
This "Windows is unstable" is a holdover from the Win9x days. From Wordnik.com. [Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Are online columns an unfortunate holdover from the days of print?. From Wordnik.com. [SciFi Wire Cancels Written Columns - Are They Truly An Unfortunate Holdover From The Days of Print?] Reference
Marx certainly viewed private property as a holdover from a feudal age. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Organizing Your People] Reference
Likely a holdover from the original 1890 code, with a few amendments along the way. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Is It a Crime to Receive an Item That You Know Belongs to a Third Party?] Reference
And the whole pink triangle thing is just a holdover from the concentration camp era. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbows Aren’t Gay | My[confined]Space] Reference
A holdover from the machine Obama just defeated smacks of change we can all believe in. From Wordnik.com. [Carville: Gore would make a great vice president...again] Reference
The toilet paper thing is a holdover from the past when toilet paper was not up to today´s standards. From Wordnik.com. [Toilet Paper] Reference
Will Rapoza, the lone 2005 title holdover sidelined by a knee injury last season, is seeing limited action on defense. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes] Reference
I also wonder if my cynicism is some kind of holdover from my own teenage years. From Wordnik.com. [Anastasia Goodstein: Happiness Is...] Reference
One a holdover from the previous movie. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff and Nonsense] Reference
Board lifts 'holdover' status of veteran assessor, grants her another 6-year term. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And it has been held hostage to this "holdover" from the 18th century far too long. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
About a dozen new, mostly small lightning-sparked "holdover" blazes were spotted around. From Wordnik.com. [KTVZ.com - Local Headlines] Reference
A "holdover" revivifies it and enables its owner to sit up and notice the bar-tender. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
"Too many of those holdover hippie ideas," one participant complained. From Wordnik.com. [The Problem With The President] Reference
He is also a Yeltsin holdover -- and, if rumors are true, may soon be gone. From Wordnik.com. [Take Down] Reference
Greenspan, a Reagan holdover, is the odd man out on the economic policy team. From Wordnik.com. [Is Bush's Team Up To It?] Reference
That's a holdover from the days when youngsters were needed to help on the farm. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Schools In The World] Reference
"Bora expected you to eat, drink and live soccer," says another '94 holdover, Brad Friedel. From Wordnik.com. [California Dreamer] Reference
Even his new national security adviser, Ra Jong Yil, is a holdover from the last government. From Wordnik.com. [Diplomatic Diary: Same Old, Same Old] Reference
Instead, it's a holdover from decisions made to soften the blow of the very first income tax. From Wordnik.com. [The mortgage interest deduction not about mortgages at all?] Reference
He also wrote to some holdover officials, asking, "What value do you add to this administration?". From Wordnik.com. [New Deal In Detroit] Reference
The all-male serving staff is a holdover, and a hardy one, from the European restaurant tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Table Scraps] Reference
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