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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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lang syne
adverb
long ago, long since:
The mither wint spare and the faither wis gan tae throttle
Salty,
[for making his daughter pregnant]
but Salty wis awa lang syne.
15-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
SR