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LANGSYNE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does langsyne mean?
• LANGSYNE (noun)
The noun LANGSYNE has 1 sense:
1. past times remembered with nostalgia
Familiarity information: LANGSYNE used as a noun is very rare.
• LANGSYNE (adverb)
The adverb LANGSYNE has 1 sense:
1. at a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish)
Familiarity information: LANGSYNE used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Past times remembered with nostalgia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
auld langsyne; good old days; langsyne; old times
Hypernyms ("langsyne" is a kind of...):
past; past times; yesteryear (the time that has elapsed)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish)
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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