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yore

noun \ˈyȯr\

Definition of YORE

: time past and especially long past —usually used in the phrase of yore
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Examples of YORE

  1. <my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore>

Origin of YORE

Middle English, from yore, adverb, long ago, from Old English gēara, from gēar year — more at year
First Known Use: 14th century

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Synonyms
auld lang syne, history, yesterday, yesteryear, past

Rhymes with YORE

boar, Boer, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, crore, door, floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore, hoar, lore, mor, more, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, store, Thor, tor, torr, war, whore, your

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