yestreen

[ ye-streen ]

/ yɛˈstrin /

Scot. and North England

noun

yesterday evening; last evening.

adverb

during yesterday evening.

Origin of yestreen

1325–75; Middle English. See yester-, even²

Words nearby yestreen

yestern, yesternight, yesternoon, yesterweek, yesteryear, yestreen, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, yet, yeti, yett, Yetta

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Example sentences from the Web for yestreen

Yestreen I saw a ship go forth When the wind blew merry from the north.
Poems by the Way|William Morris
“Ou, just yestreen, after tey-time—afore ye cam hame yoursell galloping sae fast,” said old Joseph.
St. Ronan's Well|Sir Walter Scott
I was keepin' some bonnie berries for ye that the maister gied me yestreen; but maybe ye wouldna min' if I gied them to Kirsty?
Morag|Janet Milne Rae
There was something to be sortit an' he took her there yestreen.
Johnstone of the Border|Harold Bindloss

Why, the son of the poor woman who cried beneath your kind master's window the night before yestreen'.
The Black Douglas|S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for yestreen

yestreen

/ (jɛˈstriːn) /

adverb

Scot yesterday evening

Word Origin for yestreen

C14: from yest (e) r- + e (v) en ²

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单词	yestreen
释义	yestreen [ ye-streen ] / yɛˈstrin / Scot. and North England noun yesterday evening; last evening. adverb during yesterday evening. Origin of yestreen 1325–75; Middle English. See yester-, even² Words nearby yestreen yestern, yesternight, yesternoon, yesterweek, yesteryear, yestreen, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, yet, yeti, yett, Yetta Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yestreen Yestreen I saw a ship go forth When the wind blew merry from the north. Poems by the Way\|William Morris “Ou, just yestreen, after tey-time—afore ye cam hame yoursell galloping sae fast,” said old Joseph. St. Ronan's Well\|Sir Walter Scott I was keepin' some bonnie berries for ye that the maister gied me yestreen; but maybe ye wouldna min' if I gied them to Kirsty? Morag\|Janet Milne Rae There was something to be sortit an' he took her there yestreen. Johnstone of the Border\|Harold Bindloss Why, the son of the poor woman who cried beneath your kind master's window the night before yestreen'. The Black Douglas\|S. R. Crockett British Dictionary definitions for yestreen yestreen / (jɛˈstriːn) / adverb Scot yesterday evening Word Origin for yestreen C14: from yest (e) r- + e (v) en ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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