langsyne
IPA: ɫˈæŋsɪn
adverb
- Yesteryear, in the old days, some time ago.
lang syne
IPA: ɫˈæŋsaɪn
adverb
- long ago
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Examples of "langsyne" in Sentences
Examples of "lang-syne" in Sentences
- Has dozed and held its lang-syne memories fast: 170
- The relic must bring with it the sense of auld lang-syne.
- The kindness to Mary is no more than 'auld lang-syne,' and because he thinks her too impossible.
- 'Mary, you will now --' was all Louis said; but she let him draw her into his arms, and she rested against his breast, as when he had come to comfort her in the great thunderstorm in auld lang-syne.
- The yew-trees were planted by law, lang-syne, to yield bows to the realm, and now archery is dead and Martini-Henry has taken its place, but the yews still live, and the Runic fine art of the twisted lines on the tombs, after a thousand years 'sleep, is beginning to revive.
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