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lang syne

Pronunciation: /laŋ ˈsʌɪn/

Scottish archaic
Definition of lang syne

adverb

  • in the distant past:we talked of races run lang syne

noun

[mass noun]
  • times gone by: the happy lang syne

Origin:

early 16th century: from lang, Scots variant of long1 + syne

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