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Meaning of yesterday but one | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Day before yesterday.

dialectal, not-comparable

Examples

“"Yesterday but one I located a number of them twisted matches in the floor sweepings of the Slade Arms; an' all that evenin' I sat there, watchin' the different men that came in an' had a drink an' a smoke; but I couldn't get onto no one. …"”

“"Yesterday but one [the day before yesterday], I bought a kilo of beans at 4,000 [shillings]. Yesterday, I came back and it was 5,000."”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

yestere'en yestereve yestereven yesterly yesterminute yestermonth