yesternoon
Americannoun
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yesternoon
Example Sentences
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Love, was it yesternoon, or years agone, You took in yours my hands, And placed me close beside you on the throne Of Oriental lands?
From Flint and Feather by E. Pauline Johnson
Our season of drought is reminder rude:- No later than yesternoon, I looked on the horse of a cart, By the wayside water-trough.
From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith
"Where hath been thine eyes and thine ears since yesternoon?"
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The army moved away yesternoon, and is now some twenty-five miles distant.
From The Boy Knight by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The army moved away yesternoon, and is now some five-and-twenty miles distant.
From Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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