Meaning & use
bygone
Belonging to an earlier time; past, especially in a way that evokes nostalgia or memory.
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The museum recreated the sights and sounds of a bygone era of steam trains.
She spoke fondly of bygone summers spent at her grandparents' lake house.
A note on using this word
Let bygones be bygones is a common idiom meaning to forgive past disagreements and move forward without resentment.
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