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lang·syne also lang syne  audio  (lng-zn) KEY  Scots

ADVERB:
Long ago; long since.
NOUN:
Time long past; times past.

ETYMOLOGY:
Scots lang syne, from Middle English lang sine : long, lang, long ; see long1 + sine, since (contraction of sithen, sithens; see since)


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