yestreen

American  

[ye-streen] / yɛˈstrin /

noun

1. yesterday evening; last evening.

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adverb

1. during yesterday evening.

yestreen British  

/ jɛˈstriːn /

adverb

1. yesterday evening

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Etymology

Origin of yestreen

1325–75; Middle English. See yester-, even ²

Example Sentences

"O I was sworn sae late yestreen, And not by ae aith, but by many; And for a' the gowd in fair Scotland, I dare na take ye through to Annie."

From Project Gutenberg

The keeper crippled to the barometer outside the doorway, and returned with the matter-of-fact answer: “She’s faurer doon ta tay nur she wass up yestreen.”

From Project Gutenberg

And at once came to my memory the lines of Sir Patrick Spens, as he foreboded rain for his crossing the North Sea:— “I saw the new moon late yestreen Wi’ the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we’ll come to harm.”

From Project Gutenberg

Yestreen I wearied of being shut up in litter, and of the mule's slow pace, and so went forward; and being, I know not why, strangely full of spirit and hope, as I have heard befall some men when on trouble's brink, seemed to tread on air, and soon outdistanced them all.

From Project Gutenberg

"Late late yestreen I saw the new moone25 Wi' the auld moone in hir arme; And I feir, I feir, my deir master, That we will com to harme."

From Project Gutenberg