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Jan 5, 2006
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Words related to time

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hesternal
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yestreen
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yestreen

(ye-STREEN)

noun: Yesterday evening.

[From Middle English yester- + even.]

"Late, late yestreen I saw the new Moon,
With the old Moon in her arms;
And I fear, I fear, my master dear!
We shall have a deadly storm."
Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence.

See more usage examples of yestreen in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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