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yore

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yore  (yôr, yr)
n.
Time long past: days of yore.
[Middle English, long ago, time long past, from Old English gara, gera, long ago, from genitive pl. of gar, year; see year.]
yore
Noun
of yore a long time ago: in days of yore [Old English geāra]
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Noun1.yoreyore - time long past
past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"


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But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
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But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore-- What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
" "Forbear," said the Miller to him, "harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
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