sinsyne
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of sinsyne
1325–75; Scots and Northern dialect sin subsequent to, after ( Middle English, variant of sithen, Old English siththan sith ) + syne; replacing Middle English ( Scots ) sensyne ( sen, variant of sethen, variant of sithen; see since)
Example Sentences
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Nor have any of us been the worse for it sinsyne.
From Vailima Letters by Stevenson, Robert Louis
She charmed my heart, and aye sinsyne I couldna think on ony ither: By sea and sky! she shall be mine, The bonnie lass amang the heather.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
O sairly may I rue the day I fancied first the womenkind; For aye sinsyne I ne'er can ha'e Ae quiet thought or peace o' mind!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
The whigs, they, wi' their merry cracks, Gard the poor pedlars lay down their packs; But aye sinsyne they do repent The renewing o' their covenant.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir
But, alake! afore the end o' his twa discourses, my heart turned as cauld as lead, and it has never again hett in my breast sinsyne.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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