1. (

• long-ago

) belonging to time long gone; "those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor" ;

1. (

• long_ago ,
• long_since ,
• lang_syne

) of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish ;