lang syne in English

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          "ref": "c. 1910, Ezra Pound, Prometheus, lines 3–4:",
          "text": "Our selves have died lang syne, and we\nGo ever upward […]",
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        "(poetic) long ago"
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          "word": "long ago"
        }
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}

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      "word": "of old"
    },
    {
      "word": "way back"
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      "word": "long ago"
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"lang syne" meaning in English

Adverb