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Language: Old English
Origin: giestran dæg, from giestran 'yesterday' + dæg 'day'

yesterday

1 adverb
     
Related topics: Chronology
yes‧ter‧day1 S1 W1
TMC on or during the day before today [↪ tomorrow]:
What did you do yesterday?
yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
Anna left yesterday afternoon.

➔ I wasn't born yesterday

at born2 (5)
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