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yonks

British

/ jɒŋks /

plural noun

informal a very long time; ages

I haven't seen him for yonks

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Etymology

Origin of yonks

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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"I worked for the Mail for absolutely yonks. I was never demeaned, I was given fantastic jobs, nobody said to me, 'Oh well, you've only got this job because you're pretty,' because I wasn't that pretty anyway, I was good at my job."

From BBC

He’s been woefully out of form for yonks, but found a little something yesterday when he crashed a fairway wood onto the 18th, from 255 yards to ten feet, and made eagle.

From The Guardian

Now, at 66, she has peaked yet further, with her glorious performance as Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, the most endearing sitcom to come along in yonks.

From The Guardian

We killed Operation and the patient forever, but Dean says he got bored of it yonks ago.

From Literature

Donkey's yonks'd gone by since it'd seen active service, mind.

From Literature

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