yore
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yore
(yôr)n.
Time long past: days of yore.
[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gēara, geāra, long ago, from genitive pl. of gēar, year; see year.]
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yore
(jɔː)n
time long past (now only in the phrase of yore)
adv
obsolete in the past; long ago
[Old English geāra, genitive plural of gēar year; see hour]
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yore
(yɔr, yoʊr)n.
1. Chiefly Literary. time past: knights of yore.
adv. 2. Obs. of old; long ago.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English geāra]
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yore
nounA former period of time or of one's life:
Idioms: bygone days, days gone by, the good old days, the old days.
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yore
[jɔːʳ] N (archaic or liter) of yore → de antaño, de otro tiempo, de hace siglosthe days of yore → los tiempos de antaño, otros tiempos
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yore
n (obs, liter) in days of yore → in alten Zeiten; men of yore → die Menschen in alten Zeiten; in the Britain of yore → im Großbritannien längst vergangener Zeiten
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