yesternight
Americannoun
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yesternight
before 900; Middle English; Old English gystran niht. See yester-, night
Example Sentences
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All will again come right; We two were most unequal in fortune yesternight.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
She had dreams all yesternight Of her own betrothed knight; And she in the midnight wood will pray For the weal of her lover that's far away.
From A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington
Arra, dear honey, yesternight was a very cold morning.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
She slept in the porch yesternight, and I sent her away this morning betimes. priest.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John
Gentlemen, I beg you take heed that yesternight a messenger was sent to Holland to invite His Majesty King Charles II to return to his throne.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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