What is something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten called?
bygone — Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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