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A period of time in the distant past when things were better or fondly remembered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- In the good old days we could go to the gasworks and buy coke.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
past times remembered with nostalgia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: auld langsyne, langsyne, old times
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: past, past times, yesteryear
Blend of good old + old days.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
goeie ou dae
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Arabic:
الزَّمَن الجَمِيل
(az-zaman al-jamīl)
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Finnish:
vanhat hyvät ajat
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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French:
bon vieux temps
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Hungarian:
régi szép idők
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Polish:
stare, dobre czasy
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Russian:
ста́рые до́брые времена́
(stáryje dóbryje vremená)
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Spanish:
el año catapum
— the past, seen as a time when things were better
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Swedish:
gamla goda tiden
— the past, seen as a time when things were better