old days
old days noun: a period that was a relatively long time ago; the distant past.
Noun
the old days pl (plural only)
- A period that was a relatively long time ago; the distant past.
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales...1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter 1, in The House Behind the Cedars
- Synonyms:
- days of yore, yestertide
Examples of old days in a sentence
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
- That's all I got left of the old days, thanks.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Afterlife Club, Omega:
- In the old days, hopping onto the platform from a not-yet-stopped train was a commonplace stunt for daily commuters in a hurry.2025 July 9, Frank Mueller, “Protecting the railway from new and existing dangers”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 62:
Synonyms of old days
Questions about old days
- What does old days mean?
- Old days means a period that was a relatively long time ago; the distant past.
- How do you use old days in a sentence?
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever.
- What part of speech is old days?
- Old days is a noun.
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