ADVERB
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of the distant or comparatively distant past
they long ago forsook their nomadic life
lang syne
left for work long ago
he has long since given up mountain climbing
We met once long ago
This name has long since been forgotten
How To Use lang syne In A Sentence
- I kenned ane o 'the name lang syne' at was lost sicht o '. Sir Gibbie
- So gies a haund my trusty fiere/ and here's a haund o' thine;/ And we'll tak a right guid-willie waught/ For auld lang syne. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
- God an 'He's new in mine -- an' I prayed this mornin ', a thing I haena dune for mair than twenty years -- an' the auld burn was sweet an 'clear, like when my laddie's lips sippit there lang syne -- I daurna speak His name ower often, but God is gey guid to the sinfu' an 'the weary. St. Cuthbert's
- Theres a place where their berlins and galleys, as they cad them, used to lie in lang syne, but its no used now, because its ill carrying gudes up the narrow stairs, or ower the rocks. Chapter XL
- For auld lang syne, my dear... `If it were me,' he said as we crossed the park, `I'd be crossing continents; I'd leave no stone unturned. RESCUING ROSE
- I jaloused his keeping his face frae us, and speaking wi 'a madelike voice, sae I e'en tried him wi' some tales o" lang syne; and when I spake o 'the brose, ye ken, he didna just laugh, -- he's ower grave for that nowadays, but he gae a gledge wi' his ee that I kend he took up what I said. Old Mortality, Volume 2.
- ` ` Ay, 'said his patron, ` ` but ye ken we maun hae turnips for the lang sheep, billie, and muckle hard wark to get them, baith wi the pleugh and the howe; and that wad sort ill wi' sitting on the broomy knowe, and cracking about Black Dwarfs, and siccan clavers, as was the gate lang syne, when the short sheep were in the fashion. '' The Black Dwarf
- Andrew Wilson’s naig that he was riding on had been a dragooner lang syne, and the sairer Kettledrummle spurred to win awa, the readier the dour beast ran to the dragoons when he saw them draw up. — Old Mortality
- They formed a circle and sang "Auld Lang Syne".
- I'd known that auld lang syne meant something like "old time's sake" and that a right guid-willie waught was probably a decent measure of whisky, but I'd never stopped at fiere. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship | Jackie Kay
