bygones
English
Etymology
Plural of bygone (noun).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌɡɑnz/
Noun
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.
Related terms
References
- “bygones”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bygones”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.