yestreen
Americannoun
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yestreen
Example Sentences
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"I hae few lovers thereout, thereout, As few hae I therein;50 The best an' love that ever I had, Was here just late yestreen."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
We have here presented a graphic picture of rural fare on f�te-days— 'For here yestreen I brewed a bow of maut, Yestreen I slew twa wethers prime and fat.
From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant
"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 English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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 Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Late yestreen she sat doon here to wash them, and I sat, too, and after that she cuddled me in her airms.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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