"since Hector was a pup" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} since Hector was a pup, {{en-PP}} since Hector was a pup
  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) Since a very long time ago. Tags: Canada, US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-since_Hector_was_a_pup-en-prep_phrase-BAIQvkmP Categories (other): American English, Canadian English

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