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lang syne

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lang·syne also lang syne  (lng-zn) Scots
adv.
Long ago; long since.
n.
Time long past; times past.
[Scots lang syne, from Middle English lang sine : long, lang, long; see long1 + sine, since (contraction of sithen, sithens; see since).]
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Adv.1.lang syne - of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish
long ago, long since
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She wore her hair now in an enormous pompador and had discarded the blue ribbon bows of auld lang syne, but her face was as freckled, her nose as snubbed, and her mouth and smiles as wide as ever.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
I fear you are out at elbows; but we must see to that for auld lang syne, as once we sang at suppers.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Half-past nine struck in the middle of the performance of "Auld Lang Syne," a most obstreperous proceeding, during which there was an immense amount of standing with one foot on the table, knocking mugs together and shaking hands, without which accompaniments it seems impossible for the youths of Britain to take part in that famous old song.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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