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of yore

of yore prepositional phrase: long ago; in days long past.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic) Long ago; in days long past.
    • the recondite lore of yore
    • The Dev'l was piqu'd, ſuch ſaintſhip to behold, / And long'd to tempt him like good Job of old: / But Satan novv is vviſer than of yore, / And tempts by making rich, not making poor.1733 (indicated as 1732), [Alexander] Pope, Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 18
    Synonyms:
    of old, way back

of yore meaning in Kannada

of yore in Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ, ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕಾಲದ, ಗತಕಾಲದ

Examples of of yore in a sentence

  • Representing the older types now are some Stroudley 0-6-0 tanks, while a Drummond "C14" 0-4-0 tank might still be pottering about on the Town Quays as of yore.1952 February, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Wessex”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:
  • Now when I was a kid I had a bike with a banana seat, but for some reason, as you get older, and you get bikes, it's like you can never go back to those awesome seats of yore.2022 June 14, “Tesla Split and Cybertruck Details”, in Tesla Time News:

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Questions about of yore

What does of yore mean?
Of yore means long ago; in days long past.
What is of yore in Kannada?
Of yore in Kannada is ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ, ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕಾಲದ. See Of yore meaning in Kannada.
How do you use of yore in a sentence?
Representing the older types now are some Stroudley 0-6-0 tanks, while a Drummond "C14" 0-4-0 tank might still be pottering about on the Town Quays as of yore.
What part of speech is of yore?
Of yore is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of yore in the dictionary

  1. of the world
  2. of theirs
  3. of two minds
  4. of use
  5. of value
  6. of yore
  7. of yours
  8. of'en
  9. Of-
  10. OF.
  11. OFA

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