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LANGSYNE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Past times remembered with nostalgia

Synonyms:

auld langsyne; good old days; langsyne; old times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("langsyne" is a kind of...):

past; past times; yesteryear (the time that has elapsed)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish)

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

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