yestreen

[ ye-streen ]

noun

1. yesterday evening; last evening.

adverb

1. during yesterday evening.

yestreen

/ jɛˈstriːn /

adverb

1. yesterday evening

Word History and Origins

Origin of yestreen¹

1325–75; Middle English. See yester-, even ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of yestreen¹

C14: from yest ( e ) r- + e ( v ) en ²

Example Sentences

"O I was sworn sae late yestreen, And not by ae aith, but by many; And for a' the gowd in fair Scotland, I dare na take ye through to Annie."

From Project Gutenberg

And at once came to my memory the lines of Sir Patrick Spens, as he foreboded rain for his crossing the North Sea:— “I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi’ the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we’ll come to harm.”

From Project Gutenberg

The keeper crippled to the barometer outside the doorway, and returned with the matter-of-fact answer: “She’s faurer doon ta tay nur she wass up yestreen.”

From Project Gutenberg

Yestreen I wearied of being shut up in litter, and of the mule's slow pace, and so went forward; and being, I know not why, strangely full of spirit and hope, as I have heard befall some men when on trouble's brink, seemed to tread on air, and soon outdistanced them all.

From Project Gutenberg

Ballyconnel, Cavan, March 19, 1849.—Fagan dear, bad news and thrue for ye it is; Rory Mullowny, your own blood cousin o’ the forth remove, by the mither’s side, was pit up yestreen for the murther o’ Tooley O’Shane, and there was niver a felly o’ all that’s been hung in Ballyconnel, with sich respictable attindance.

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