byembye

byembye noun: by and by.

Noun

byembye (plural not attested)

byembye (not comparable)

(dated, dialectal) by and by
- We wuz in harbor one day, in some islan's some'eres or uther way off some'eres, an' they wuz workin' us like dogs agittin' the cargo in. An' I got tired mos' ter death, an' I sneaked off inter the cutter they had tied ter the stern, an' went ter sleep. Well byembye I hears an awful racket, an'...1904 February, J[ohn?] N[esmith?] Greely, “As to Contentment”, in The Yale literary magazine, Herrick & Noyes, page 205
- "Yore a soight fer sore heyes," quoth he.
  "Have you got sore eyes, Bobball? I am sorry. You ought to go to the chemist, and "
  "No, Missy. I'll go to the Canteen an' wash away all sech sorrers, byembye. Better'n the chimist," interrupted Bobball.1917, Percival Christopher Wren, The Young Stagers, Longmans, Green and co., page 44

Well byembye I hears an awful racket, an' there wuz the Cap'n, acussin' somethin' awful as he pulled me in.1904 February, J[ohn?] N[esmith?] Greely, “As to Contentment”, in The Yale literary magazine, Herrick & Noyes, page 205:
"They'll be 'aving a shot at us byembye, then you'll catch it again.c. 1918, Denis Norman Garsten, “The Runaway”, in The Shilling Soldier, Hodder and Stoughten, page 55:

From by and by.

What does byembye mean?: Byembye means by and by.
How do you use byembye in a sentence?: Well byembye I hears an awful racket, an' there wuz the Cap'n, acussin' somethin' awful as he pulled me in.
What part of speech is byembye?: Byembye can be a noun or an adverb.

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