Dictionary of American Regional English

A16

A very long period of time: “I haven’t seen him ________.”

IN AGES 388
IN A COON’S AGE 201
FOR AGES 109
IN YEARS 66
IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS 57
IN A LONG TIME 42
IN A DOG’S AGE 40
FOR YEARS 32
FOR A LONG TIME 29
FOR A COON’S AGE 16
SINCE HEC WAS A PUP 16
SINCE HECTOR WAS A PUP 15
IN A BLUE MOON 13
IN AN AGE 11
FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS 8
LONG TIME 8
NR 8
FOR MONTHS 6
IN MONTHS 6
IN A LONG WHILE 5
FOR A DOG’S AGE 4
FOR QUITE A WHILE 4
FOREVER 4
IN A GOOD WHILE 4
IN A LONG LONG TIME 4
IN AN ETERNITY 4
FOR AN AGE 3
FOR DAYS 3
FOR EONS 3
FOR SOME TIME 3
IN A CENTURY 3
IN A HUNDRED YEARS 3
IN COON’S AGES 3
IN EVER SO LONG 3
IN QUITE A SPELL 3
IN QUITE A WHILE 3
LONG TIME NO SEE 3
YEARS 3
FOR A HECK OF A LONG TIME 2
FOR A LONG WHILE 2
FOR A WHILE 2
FOR EVER SO LONG 2
FOR YEARS AND YEARS 2
HELL OF A WHILE 2
IN A HELL OF A WHILE 2
IN DOG DAYS 2
IN DOOMSDAY 2
IN EONS 2
IN SEVERAL YEARS 2
IN SOME TIME 2
IN YEARS AND YEARS 2
QUITE A WHILE 2
RECENTLY 2
SINCE BUCK WAS A CALF 2
SINCE I DON’T KNOW WHEN 2
SINCE THE WOODS BURNED 2
CENTURIES 1
DAMN LONG TIME NO SEE 1
EVER SO LONG 1
FOR A HELL OF A LONG TIME 1
FOR A HELL OF A WHILE 1
FOR A HUNDRED YEARS 1
FOR A LONG LONG TIME 1
FOR A LONG PAST 1
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS 1
FOR AGES AND AGES 1
FOR AN ETERNITY 1
FOR HOURS 1
FOR I DON’T KNOW WHEN 1
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS 1
FOR SEVERAL MOONS 1
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS 1
FOR SUCH A LONG TIME 1
FOR WEEKS 1
FORTNIGHT 1
GOD KNOWS WHEN 1
GOD ONLY KNOWS WHEN 1
GOOD PERIOD OF TIME 1
GOOD WHILE 1
HELL OF A LONG TIME 1
HUNDRED YEARS 1
I SELDOM EVER SEE HIM 1
IN (NUMBER) MOONS 1
IN A AGE 1
IN A COON’S DAY 1
IN A DEVIL OF A TIME 1
IN A FEW MOONS 1
IN A GREAT WHILE 1
IN A HECK OF A WHILE 1
IN A HECK OF LONG TIME 1
IN A HELL OF A LONG TIME 1
IN A LIFETIME 1
IN A LONG LONG LONG TIME 1
IN A LONG LONG OLD TIME 1
IN A MILLION YEARS 1
IN A MONKEY’S AGE 1
IN A MONTH OF AGES 1
IN A PERFECT AGE 1
IN A POSSUM’S LIFETIME 1
IN A SEASON 1
IN A THOUSAND YEARS 1
IN A WEEK 1
IN A WHIT 1
IN A YEAR 1
IN AN AGE OF YEARS 1
IN BLAZES 1
IN CENTURIES 1
IN COON AGES 1
IN COON’S DAYS 1
IN DOG’S YEARS 1
IN FORTY YEARS 1
IN HEAVEN KNOWS WHEN 1
IN MANY A DAY 1
IN MANY YEARS 1
IN QUITE A LONG WHILE 1
IN QUITE A SPACE OF TIME 1
IN QUITE A TIME 1
IN SEVERAL DAYS 1
IN SEVERAL WEEKS 1
IN SO LONG 1
IN SO LONG A TIME 1
IN TEN YEARS 1
IN THIRTY YEARS 1
IN WEEKS 1
LONG SPELL 1
LONG WHILE 1
MONTH OF SUNDAYS 1
MONTHS 1
NOW AND THEN 1
QUITE A SPELL 1
QUITE SOME TIME 1
REAL LONG TIME 1
SCORES AND BLOWS 1
SINCE 1
SINCE A MONTH OF SUNDAYS 1
SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN 1
SINCE HANNAH WAS A RAG DOLL 1
SINCE HE OWES ME TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS 1
SINCE HE WAS A PUP 1
“SINCE HELL WAS A PUP, AND HE DIED OF OLD AGE” 1
SINCE I SAW YOU IN CHURCH 1
SINCE I WAS A BOY 1
SINCE I WAS A KID 1
SINCE I WAS A PUP 1
SINCE IT RAINED LAST 1
SINCE KINGDOM COME 1
SINCE LAST WEEK MONDAY 1
SINCE MOSES WAS A PUP 1
SINCE NINETEEN-FIFTY-SEVEN 1
SINCE RING WAS A PUPPY 1
SINCE SUNUP 1
SINCE THAT TIME 1
SINCE THE CONCORD FIGHT 1
SINCE THE COWS LAST GAVE MILK 1
SINCE THE FLOOD 1
SINCE THE HOGS EAT MY LITTLE BROTHER UP 1
SINCE THE RIVER CAME THROUGH 1
SINCE THE WIND BLEWED LAST 1
SINCE THE WOODS BURNED OFF 1
SINCE THE WOODS BURNT OFF 1
SINCE THE WOODS CAUGHT FIRE 1
SINCE THE WOODS HAS BURNED 1
SINCE THE WOODS WAS AFIRE 1
SINCE THE WOODS WAS ON FIRE 1
SINCE THE WOODS WERE BURNT 1
SINCE THE YEAR ONE 1
SINCE TIGE WAS A PUP 1
SINCE TIME ONE 1
SINCE YOU WAS KNEE-HIGH 1
WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN KEEPING YOURSELF 1
YEARS AGO 1

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