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lang syne

lang syne adverb: long ago.

Adverb

lang syne

  1. (poetic) long ago
    • Our selves have died lang syne, and we
      Go ever upward […]c. 1910, Ezra Pound, Prometheus, lines 3–4
    Synonyms:
    of old, way back

Synonyms of lang syne

Questions about lang syne

What does lang syne mean?
Lang syne means long ago.
What part of speech is lang syne?
Lang syne is an adverb.

Words near lang syne in the dictionary

  1. Lang Belta
  2. Lang Lang
  3. Lang Lang East
  4. lang may yer lum reek
  5. lang may your lum reek
  6. lang syne
  7. Lang-Exster
  8. Lang-ju
  9. lang.
  10. Langaa
  11. Langackerian

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