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year dot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.
    • That hat dates from the year dot.
    • Disk interfaces have been around since the year dot, as people soon realised that the microdrive was unreliable, unstable and generally rubbish for the storage of anything, useless except as a rather small beermat. 1989 June, Phil South, “Rage Hard”, in Your Sinclair magazine, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2012:

Forms

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the year dot canonical lexicographic

Synonyms

day dot

Translations (10)

es tiempos de Maricastaña (a very long time ago) · es año de la pera (a very long time ago) · ca any de la picor (a very long time ago) · es año de la polca (a very long time ago) · de anno dazumal (a very long time ago) · fi vuosi yksi ja kaksi (a very long time ago) · ru во вре́мя о́но (a very long time ago) · nl jaar kruik (a very long time ago) · es año de la nana (a very long time ago) · ro o mie nouă sute toamna (a very long time ago)