syne : Idioms & Phrases

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auld lang syne

Auld` lang syne"
Definitions
  1. A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."
Webster 1913

lang syne

  • adverb of the distant or comparatively distant past
    long since; long ago.
    • We met once long ago
    • they long ago forsook their nomadic life
    • left for work long ago
    • he has long since given up mountain climbing
    • This name has long since been forgotten
    • lang syne" is Scottish
WordNet

old lang syne

Old` lang syne"
Definitions
  1. See Auld lang syne.
Webster 1913