bygones
English
Etymology
Plural of bygone (noun).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- Things that happened in the past.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- […] if you spare me, bygones are bygones, and when you fellows are in court for piracy, I'll save you all I can.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
Related terms
References
- “bygones”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bygones”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.