"yester-morrow" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/ Forms: yester-morrows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yester morow}} Middle English yester morow, {{prefix|en|yester|morrow}} yester- + morrow, {{cog|nl|gistermorgen}} Dutch gistermorgen, {{cog|de|gestern Morgen}} German gestern Morgen Head templates: {{en-noun}} yester-morrow (plural yester-morrows)
  1. (obsolete) Yesterday morning. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-yester-morrow-en-noun-Sg5ddIYL Categories (other): English terms prefixed with yester- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with yester-: 73 27
  2. (archaic, poetic) A morning of a previous day or time. Tags: archaic, poetic
    Sense id: en-yester-morrow-en-noun-OvBF7pNq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yestermorrow, yester morrow

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "German gestern Morgen",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.",
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        "Yesterday morning."
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          "ref": "1961, Raymond Ellsworth Larsson, Book Like a Bow Curved",
          "text": "The nightwind, ah, nightwind shall fetch one the scent. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night! The nightingale's sorrow that ends with the light Brings, grieved, no love nearer, alas, to the sight. O loves yester-morrows', regrets of the night!",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1994, The Collected Poetry of J.A. Giunta, volume II, published 2011",
          "text": "An ordinary passing day, One much like yester-morrow, Shed its light in timeless gray And all its simple sorrow.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Doug Cariou, Once Upon an Island",
          "text": "I'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yester-morrows again before that might be so.",
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