Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
indefinite; which may not have an end for years, if ever
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
With reference to a popular Irish ballad, Kathleen Mavourneen, which includes the line “It may be for years, and it may be forever.”
