yestreen
Americannoun
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yestreen
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Yon rosebuds in the morning dew, How pure amang the leaves sae green; But purer was the lover’s vow They witnessed in their shade yestreen.
From The Real Robert Burns by J. L. Hughes
I took a bit walk down the road yestreen, and I saw that creature Batavius polishing up the brass knocker o' his father-in-law's front door.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"Gin I had kent yestreen, yestreen, What I ken weel the day, 205 I shou'd hae taen your fu' fause heart, Gien you a heart o' clay."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm;50 And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
Can you sing, my sweet maiden, 'Now wat ye wha I met yestreen?'
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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