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yesteryear
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[ˈjɛstəjəː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- last year or the recent past, especially as nostalgically recalled
(e.g: return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear)
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Origin
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mid 19th century: from yester- + year. The word was popularized by Dante Gabriel Rossetti's translation of a line in a poem by the medieval French poet François Villon: ‘Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?’ (‘But where are the snows of yesteryear?’)
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