GDict

bygone

'baigɒn5 senses · 474 ms
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adj/ˈbaɪɡɒn//-ɡɔːn//ˈbaɪɡɔn/
  1. 1

    Having been or happened in the distant past.not-comparable

    • Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.
noun/ˈbaɪɡɒn//-ɡɔːn//ˈbaɪɡɔn/
  1. 1

    An event that happened in the past.plural-normally

    • Jennie Fox watched it with thoughtful pleasure, and the rest were chatting and telling of bygones, enjoying a glass of egg-hot; it being a custom for them to partake of this beverage on this particular night.
  2. 2

    An object from the past; a relic, antique, etc.plural-normally

    • And now just as the Victorians collected the minute objects with which to fill these houses, so today grown-ups are paying large sums for these bygones, while the children are given more modern houses to play with.

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