adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Yesteryear, the old days; auld lang syne. countable, poetic, uncountable
2. 2
   past times remembered with nostalgia wordnet

Adverb

1. 1
   Yesteryear, in the old days, some time ago. not-comparable, poetic

Adverb

1. 1
   of the distant or comparatively distant past wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

auld langsyneauld langsynegood old dayslang synelang synelong ago

Etymology

From auld lang syne.

Related phrases

old days

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