bygone
Use Bygone in a sentence
adjective
1.
past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
noun
Idioms 2.
3.
let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled: Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually prenominal) past; former |
| —n | |
| 2. | (often plural) a past occurrence |
| 3. | (often plural) an artefact, implement, etc, of former domestic or industrial use, now often collected for interest |
| 4. | let bygones be bygones to agree to forget past quarrels |
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Bygone
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Example sentences
There's pain in his tattered voice but also the adamant, inscrutable, almost impersonal tone of bygone rural blues singers.
See below for a statute from a bygone era that is nonetheless still good law.
People approach and want to handle them or share stories of a bygone era.
But to bygone generations, casting one's ballot publicly seemed the obvious approach.
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