Yore

Word YORE
Character 4
Hyphenation yore
Pronunciations /jɔː/

Definitions and meanings of "Yore"

What do we mean by yore?

Time long past. noun

Same as yare.

In time past; long ago; in old time: now used only in the phrase of yore—that is, of old time; long ago.

In time long past; in old time; long since. adverb

Of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. adverb

Time long past noun

Common misspelling of your. noun

Common misspelling of you're. noun

Time long past noun

A time long past.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Yore

The word "yore" in example sentences

I never got the impression that he was trying to say that the Progressivism of yore is similar to EITHER liberalism or modern progressivism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The weak man, as of yore, is the servant, the doer of things at the master's call. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Eugenia brand crema comes in a little bottle that looks almost like the cream bottles of yore from the USA. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Downtown Morelia, moribund by night in days of yore, is seeing a revitalization by some new entrants. ❋ Unknown (1999)

"Let me call yore attention to the trained coyotes, ladies an 'gents," remarked Johnny in a deep, solemn voice. ❋ Clarence Edward Mulford (1919)

"Well, I'm domd – axin yore pardin fur takkin th 'liberty; it's a habit: I've gotten – but I be an' no mistake." ❋ Unknown (1877)

I suppose you do not no my name yore lady remebers my name I lived in Middlebrook with her Brothers if you can consistantly send us a small pacage of tobacco we will be very thankful Direct to James Steel & John H. Plunkett comp E 5 Regment of Virginia infantry ❋ John H. Plunkett (1864)

The sheer length, scale and nature of the plum jobs picked up by Brown’s colleagues demonstrates beyond a peradventure that the ‘revolving-door’ of which he spoke so piously in days of yore is now turning at a far faster rate and far more often than it ever did under the Tories. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Don't call yore ranch names," admonished Jimmie with a grin, and fainted. ❋ Francis William Sullivan (1925)

You never saw twenty dollars in a lump you c'u'd call yore own for more'n ten minnits. ❋ Stockton [Illustrator] Mulford (1906)

"What are you-all goin 'to call yore next?" asked Willows. ❋ Owen Wister (1899)

They have been printing articles of "yore" as of late. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And by "yore," I mean movies that came out way back in March. ❋ Jen Chaney (2010)

But I have bought one nightgown pattern, which I thought would work well as a dress - even many nightgowns of yore seem to have more interesting designs than many dresses of... whatever the opposite of "yore" is. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What's more, most Wall Street firms are now global publicly held companies, not the private partnerships of yore, meaning a CEO must be skilled both in presenting the public face of a company and understanding the nitty-gritty of finance. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"It is whah they'd have you, suh, if they caught you teachin 'any o' those railroad accidents o 'yore's to the young." ❋ Owen Wister (1899)

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