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yesteryears

noun

Definition of yesteryears next

plural of yesteryear

as in pasts

the events or experience of former times the simple games of yesteryear that kept children entertained for hours

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pasts
yesterdays
histories
yores
bygones
annals
auld lang synes
records
flashbacks
memoirs
antiquities
chronicles
long agos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

tomorrows
futures
futurities
todays
offings
hereafters
moments
presents
nows
by-and-bys

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