Auld Lang Syne

Thursday 29^th December 2016

Auld Lang Syne - /ˌɔːld laŋ ˈsʌɪn/

Noun

[mass noun] Times long past.

Example sentences

Noun

‘Literally translated from Scottish dialect, the words auld lang syne mean old long since, or, in more familiar terms, days gone by’

Phrases

For old times' sake

‘How about a bock, for auld lang syne, before we start our argument?’

Origin

Late 18th century: Scots (see auld, lang syne). The phrase was popularised as the title and refrain of a song by Robert Burns (1788).

                                   

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