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agone

American

[uh-gawn, uh-gon] / əˈgɔn, əˈgɒn /

adverb

Archaic.

an archaic variant of ago.

agone British

/ əˈɡɒn /

adverb

an archaic word for ago

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Example Sentences

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I am older now by many years than thou art, and I was a month agone.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

When my Maggie were lyin' badly four years agone, and us thought she was goin' to die, she asked me to go and fetch her pastor—dash;that's what she called him.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

I see'd 'em round t'other side o' the field five minutes agone.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela

I see you not half an hour agone coming out of Stubbs's office!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

I'm getting what you gave thirty years agone!

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

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