yonksnoun [ U ]
uk/jɒŋks/us/jɑːŋks/UK old-fashioned informala very long time, usually a number of years:
How is Gareth? I haven't seen him for yonks!
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Long periods of time
- -athon
- aeon
- age
- donkey
- donkey's years idiom
- eon
- epoch
- era
- eternity
- good
- month
- not in a month of Sundays idiom