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yore
[ yawr, yohr ]
/ yɔr, yoʊr /
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noun
Chiefly Literary. time past: knights of yore.
adverb
Obsolete. of old; long ago.
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Origin of yore
before 900; Middle English; Old English geāra
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British Dictionary definitions for yore
yore
/ (jɔː) /
noun
time long past (now only in the phrase of yore)
adverb
obsolete in the past; long ago
Word Origin for yore
Old English geāra, genitive plural of gēar year; see hour
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