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yon
UK /jɒn/ US /jɑn/
name 4det 1adv 1pron 1phrase 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
celestial
VERB + YON
climb, see, times, went
YON + NOUN
hill, k1, k2tog, p1, swans
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
det
1
Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
He went to climb yon hill.
Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
adv
1
yonder.
pron
1
That one or those over there.
As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He went to climb yon hill.
Wiktionary02
Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
Wiktionary03
"[…] Yet first let me close yonder shutters; the slanting rain is beating through the sash. I will bar up." "Are you mad? Know you not that yon iron bar is a swift conductor? Desist."
Wiktionary04
As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be ab
Wiktionary05
Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]
Wiktionary06
"See yon twelve swans, in jubilant array, / whom late Jove's eagle scattered through the sky; / now these alight, now those the pitch survey."
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