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syne

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syne  (sn) Scots
adv.
1. Before now; ago.
2. Afterward; since then; since.
3. Thereupon; next.
conj.
Since.
prep.
Since.

[Scots, from Middle English sitthen, from Old English siththan.]

syne1, syn [səɪn]
adv & prep & conj
a Scot word for since
[probably related to Old English sīth since]

syne2, synd Scot
vb
(tr) to rinse; wash out
n
a rinse
[of uncertain origin]


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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.
Riach, with a dreadful voice, "ye should have interfered long syne.
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