Yestreen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yestreen is a noun meaning (chiefly archaic, poetic or Scotland) The night before; last night.
Meaning
(chiefly archaic, poetic or Scotland) The night before; last night.
Example Sentences
Late yestreen I saw the new moon, the old moon in her arms
It was the creature Dougal that extricated me, as he did yestreen […].
You have not forgotten our telephone conversation of yestreen, Jeeves?
"Well, it's a funny thing, but I can't get rid of the impression that at some point in my researches into the night life of London yestreen I fell upon some person to whom I had never been introduced and committed mayhem upon his person."
Word Forms
- yestreens
- yestereen
- yestere'en
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yesternight, yestereve, yestern, yesterevening, overnight, yester-morrow.
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