BYGONES

Etymology

Noun

bygones pl (plural only)

Things that happened in the past.

Source: Wiktionary


BYGONE

By"gone`, a.

Definition: Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." Shak

By"gone`, n.

Definition: Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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