yesternight
Americannoun
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yesternight
before 900; Middle English; Old English gystran niht. See yester-, night
Example Sentences
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I wot well that he did intend to go thither 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
I had thought it was safe in the pocket of my hose until late yesternight, but then I minded that ere I left the ship I put it into my wallet.
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
"Good cousin, I fear me you gave him but a cold welcome yesternight."
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
The "five we supped with yesternight" were bound to Malta and Marseilles—we to Athens and Constantinople.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
Horatio says of the ghost: My lord, I think I saw him yesternight, and Hamlet declares: I'll watch to-night.
From Time in the Play of Hamlet by Vining, Edward P.
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