"yestermonth" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: yester + month Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yester|month}} yester + month Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yestermonth (not comparable)
  1. Last month; a few months ago. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: yester-month, yester month
    Sense id: en-yestermonth-en-adv-fppMyc8x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for yestermonth meaning in English (1.4kB)

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          "ref": "1901, George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville: Or, Constancy Unrewarded; Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession, page 20",
          "text": "Since England was a nation every mood / Her scribes have prepositionally split; / But thine avoidance dates from yestermonth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 26, Alessandra Stanley, “A Fictional Ad Agency That Really Hawks [Your Product Name Here]”, in New York Times",
          "text": "A little like the self-contradictory tag line “Instant Classic,” this series is infused with nowadays nostalgia, a trip back not to yesteryear but yestermonth.",
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        "Last month; a few months ago."
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          "ref": "1901, George Bernard Shaw, The Admirable Bashville: Or, Constancy Unrewarded; Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession, page 20",
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          "ref": "2009 January 26, Alessandra Stanley, “A Fictional Ad Agency That Really Hawks [Your Product Name Here]”, in New York Times",
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