yestreen
Americannoun
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of yestreen
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"For late yestreen I saw the new moon, The auld moon in her arm."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 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 Alexander Hislop
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
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
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