lang syne

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lang syne, adv. & n. Sc.
--adv. in the distant past.
--n. the old days (cf. AULD LANG SYNE).

Etymology

= long since

THESAURUS

lang syne

auld lang syne, days beyond recall, days of old, days of yore, early times, eld, foretime, good old times, long ago, old days, old story, old times, olden times, same old story, the olden time, times of old, times of yore, way back, yesterday, yesteryear, yore, yoretime