Definition of “yesteryear”

Usage examples

• `Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear ; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men.

  J.R.R. Tolkien, THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)

• But this operation of ``free tissue transfer ' has replaced the lengthy, multistage reconstructions of yesteryear.

  British Medical Journal (2002)

• With few exceptions, the prized Internet stocks of yesteryear belonged to companies that weren't making money.

  canada.com (2005)

• The 2006 contest will be in Ireland for the first time; this would be an ideal opportunity to right the wrongs of yesteryear.

  Times, Sunday Times (2002)

• In yesteryear the occasional elderly nuisance could be shunted off to the south coast and forgotten about.

  Rowe, Dorothy, Time on our Side (1994)