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yesterevening

American

[yes-ter-eev-ning] / ˈyɛs tərˈiv nɪŋ /

noun

yesterday evening. even. evening.

adverb

during yesterday evening. even. evening.

Etymology

Origin of yesterevening

First recorded in 1705–15; yester- + evening

Example Sentences

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He saw your light yesterevening, and steered by it to the roadstead, blessing you all the way.

From Project Gutenberg

Yesterevening I walked in these gardens with a sculptor; together we pondered Carpeau's fountain, and, after admiring Frémiet's horses, we went to Watteau's statue, appropriately placed in a dell, among greenswards like those he loved to paint.

From Project Gutenberg

You said yesterevening across the hearthrug, 'Esther Waters speaks out of a deeper appreciation of life;' but you added: 'In A Mummer's Wife there is a youthful imagination and a young man's exuberance on coming into his own for the first time, and this is a quality—'No doubt it is a quality, Ross; but what kind of quality?

From Project Gutenberg

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