yestreen
Americannoun
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yestreen
Example Sentences
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For yestreen, when I was playing upon my lute in the garden of the palazzo of your daughter, Madonna Strozzi, he came upon me suddenly walking with your daughter.
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
I dreamed a dream, mavourneen, I dreamed a dream yestreen, That I was King in Kerry, and you were Galway’s Queen.
From Sprays of Shamrock by Scollard, Clinton
"O, ragged is your hose, Glenkindie, And riven is your sheen, And reavel'd is your yellow hair That I saw late yestreen."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
"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 In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
The fact is, everybody about the house kens o' the muirburn that the mistress rais'd on you yestreen, for takin' up wi' Miss Migummery.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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