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lang syne
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial lang syne has 1 sense
- lang syne(r = adv.all) long ago, long since - of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lang syne, adv. & n. Sc.
--adv. in the distant past.
--n. the old days (cf. AULD LANG SYNE).
--adv. in the distant past.
--n. the old days (cf. AULD LANG SYNE).
Etymology
= long since
THESAURUS
lang syne
auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, foretime, good old times, long ago, old days, old story, old times, olden times, same old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back, yesterday, yesteryear, yore, yoretime
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