yestreen
Americannoun
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yestreen
Example Sentences
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"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
Deal hooly wi' my head, maidens, Deal hooly wi' my hair,70 For it was washen late yestreen, And it is wonder sair.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
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 S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Ech!" he exclaimed; "I thocht it was a heavy kin' o' bundle when I carried it in till her yestreen.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper
"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
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