yestreen

yestreen
noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) yistrevin, from yisterday + evin evening, alteration of Middle English even Date: 1773 chiefly Scottish last evening or night • yestreen adverb

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  • Yestreen — Yes treen , n. Yester evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.] [1913 Webster] Yestreen I did not know How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yestreen — I. yeˈstrēn adverb Etymology: ME(Scots) yistrevin, from yisterday yesterday + evin evening, alteration of Middle English even chiefly Scotland : on yesterday evening left here yestreen John Buchan II …   Useful english dictionary

  • yestreen — /ye streen /, Scot. and North Eng. n. 1. yesterday evening; last evening. adv. 2. during yesterday evening. [1325 75; ME. See YESTER , EVEN2] * * * …   Universalium

  • yestreen — noun The night before; yesterday evening; yesternight; last night …   Wiktionary

  • yestreen — adv. during yesterday evening; during last evening n. yesterday evening; last evening …   English contemporary dictionary

  • yestreen — yes·treen …   English syllables

  • yestreen — yes•treen [[t]yɛˈstrin[/t]] n., Scot. scot. yesterday evening; last evening …   From formal English to slang

  • yestreen — Yesterday evening …   Grandiloquent dictionary

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