yesternight
Americannoun
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yesternight
before 900; Middle English; Old English gystran niht. See yester-, night
Example Sentences
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The Secretary of the States here shewed me a Letter yesternight, that the Town spends 6000 pound of powder a day, and hath spent since the siege 250m pounds.
From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by Donne, John
"Word came yesternight that we had to repair to Hampton to join the army that the King leads across the Channel."
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
"I warrant me she hath suffered some damage in the storm of yesternight."
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert
Ah! happy was I yesternight I trod the paths of love Within Elysian fields of bliss, Enchanted bowers above.
From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by MacKeracher, Wm. M.
Didst mark her demeanour towards them yesternight, Tim?
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert
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