单词 | land of used-to-be |
释义 | > as lemmasland of used-to-be land of used-to-be n. (with the) an imaginary place representing the past, esp. as a time of greater happiness or prosperity; a past time or era. ΚΠ 1881 J. W. Riley in Christmas Carols & Midsummer Songs 47 Where's the Land of Used-to-be, does little baby wonder? 1912 C. Gouldsbury Songs out of Exile 87 Only a Shade amid the shadows, she,..A maiden from the Land of Used-to-Be. 1959 E. E. Dale Frontier Ways xii. 236 Nothing remains of Navajoe today. It is one with Nineveh and Tyre, flintlock guns, side saddles, baby golf, and all those other things that lie within the boundaries of the land of Used to Be. 2003 J. Cantor Great Neck iii. 591 Dudley Street—the Land of Used to Be. < as lemmas |
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