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from The Century Dictionary.
- Since; ago.
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Examples
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‘I took the pledge last Martinmas, and I havena touched a drop o’ whisky sinsyne.
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A.M. Nor have any of us been the worse for it sinsyne.
Vailima Letters 2005
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'I took the pledge last Martinmas, and I havena touched a drop o' whisky sinsyne.
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'I took the pledge last Martinmas, and I havena touched a drop o' whisky sinsyne.
The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 1907
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There's little doubt but it was him that dwalled se lang in Janet's body; but he was awa 'at last; and sinsyne the deil has never fashed us in Ba'weary.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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And he aye minded sinsyne, when first he set his een upon her, he had the same cauld and deidly grue.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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It was remembered sinsyne what way he had ta'en the thing.
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There was never the wale of him sinsyne, and it's a question wi 'mony if there ever was his like afore.
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There's little doubt but it was him that dwalled sae lang in Janet's body; but he was awa 'at last; and sinsyne the deil has never fashed us in Ba'weary.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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And he aye minded sinsyne, when first he set his een upon her, he had the same cauld and deidy grue.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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