Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Yesterday evening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Last evening; last night; yesternight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun R. or Scot. Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The night before;
yesterday evening ;yesternight ;last night .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In troth is he, Monkbarns; he was awa this morning by four o'clock, when the sea was working like barm wi' yestreen's wind, and our bit coble dancing in't like a cork.
The Antiquary 1845
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"Praise be blest!" said Caleb to himself, "ae leaf of the muckle gate has been swung to wi 'yestreen's wind, and I think I can manage to shut the ither."
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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"In troth is he, Monkbarns; he was awa this morning by four o'clock, when the sea was working like barm wi 'yestreen's wind, and our bit coble dancing in't like a cork."
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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"In troth is he, Monkbarns; he was awa this morning by four o'clock, when the sea was working like barm wi 'yestreen's wind, and our bit coble dancing in't like a cork."
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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“Ou, just yestreen, after tey-time — afore ye cam hame yoursell galloping sae fast,” said old Joseph.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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PS: For those reading and commenting on my "They breed like rabbits!" post of yestreen, my apologies.
Archive 2008-08-01 LuLu 2008
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‘But I got a postcard yestreen sayin’ that the new Road Surveyor would be round the day.
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While, though, yestreen flicking playing cards into a straw boater across the room in my penthouse-Altamont digs, feeling the gentle and substantial clarity and warm-wellness of a few carefully-chosen gin cocktails suffusing through my spirit, I was suddenly stirred by an insistent dimly audible voice from everywhere.
Downtown Charlottesville's Leading Public Intellectual at cvillenews.com 2002
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While, though, yestreen flicking playing cards into a straw boater across the room in my penthouse-Altamont digs, feeling the gentle and substantial clarity and warm-wellness of a few carefully-chosen gin cocktails suffusing through my spirit, I was suddenly stirred by an insistent dimly audible voice from everywhere.
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I shall find the half-peckit banes o 'a joop o' mine that stray'd yestreen.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various
whichbe commented on the word yestreen
Yesterday evening.
May 12, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word yestreen
JM considers yestreen and wishes he didn’t now then what he knows now
March 8, 2009