bygones
English edit
Etymology edit
Plural of bygone (noun).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bygones pl (normally plural, singular bygone)
- Things that happened in the past.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- […] if you spare me, bygones are bygones, and when you fellows are in court for piracy, I'll save you all I can.
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References edit
- “bygones”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bygones”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.