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then-a-days, adv. rare.|ˈðɛnədeɪz|
[f. then adv., after nowadays.]
In those days, at that (past) time.
1688R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times iii. 9 At Length, through a Wonderful Providence (as Providence went Then-a-Days) both these Wants were supply'd. 1768Ross Helenore ii. 87 'Bout then a days we never met wi' cross. 1844N. Brit. Rev. II. 56 Then-a-days one could acquire a very complete knowledge of chemistry..in a very short space of time. 1898M. B. Edwards in Westm. Gaz. 20 July 2/3 Then-a-days, ah! then-a-days, All the months were merry Mays. |