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since Skippy was a pup

since Skippy was a pup phrase: since a very long time ago.

Phrase

since Skippy was a pup

  1. (colloquial) Since a very long time ago.
    • Skeeter inhaled through his nose. "Then I thought I heard something, and—you know how the grass in my backyard is long near the fence?"
      "Should be," Robert Lewis said. "You haven't cut it since Skippy was a pup."1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field, page 227

Questions about since Skippy was a pup

What does since Skippy was a pup mean?
Since Skippy was a pup means since a very long time ago.
What part of speech is since Skippy was a pup?
Since Skippy was a pup is a phrase.

Words near since Skippy was a pup in the dictionary

  1. since Adam was an oakum boy
  2. since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
  3. since God was a boy
  4. since Hector was a pup
  5. since long
  6. since Skippy was a pup
  7. since when
  8. sincere
  9. sincerely
  10. sincereness
  11. sincerer

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