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    yore

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++yore /jɔː $ jɔːr/ noun  of yore literaryPAST existing a long time ago 从前，往昔，很久以前 in days of yore 昔日
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    yore• The colonials of yore had fun, too.• So what happened to that edge of yore?• House to house, like the Fuller's brush salesman or carbon-crusted chimney-sweep of yore.• I realize that this is where the Joliet Tonellis of yore most likely lived.    Origin yore Old English gearu “long ago”, from gear; → YEAR
    yore nounChinese
    ago time existing Corpus a long


    yore
    yore /jɔː $ jɔːr/ noun
     Language: Old English
     Origin: gearu __long ago__, from gear; ⇨ year
    of yore literary existing a long time ago:
        in days of yore


    yoreBrE /jɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /jɔːr/ 🔊 noun●of ˈyore(old use or literary) long ago 很久以前◆in days of yore在很久以前