Yesterdawn

adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The dawn of yesterday.

    "They come to me from the years agone, Like echoes from far away :Like sunbeams that faded at yesterdawn, Like the glory of yesterday."

Adverb
  1. 1
    At dawn on yesterday.

    "But, now I know you love the lass, I'll say I saw her yesterdawn as blooming as her name."

Example

More examples

"They come to me from the years agone, Like echoes from far away :Like sunbeams that faded at yesterdawn, Like the glory of yesterday."

Etymology

From yester- + dawn.

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