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Dictionary: yes·treen   (yĕs-trēn') pronunciation
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n. Scots
Yesterday evening.


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(ye-STREEN)

noun
Yesterday evening.

Etymology
From Middle English yester- + even

Usage
"Late, late yestreen I saw the new Moon, With the old Moon in her arms; And I fear, I fear, my master dear! We shall have a deadly storm." — Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence.

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Scot.  yesterday evening
 
 
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