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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lang syne /laŋ ˈsʌɪn/ Scottish archaic

▶adverb long ago. ▶noun times gone by.

– origin C16: from lang, Scots var. of long1 + syne.

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