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Definition of bygone adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bygone

adjective
 
/ˈbaɪɡɒn/
 
/ˈbaɪɡɔːn/
[only before noun]
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  1. happening or existing a long time ago
    • a bygone age/era
    • The family story was that, in bygone days, he had been a rich farmer in Australia.
    • The horse and cart belongs to a bygone era.
    Topics Historyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBygone is used with these nouns:
    • age
    • era
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