It has been well said of Bertram Wooster by those who enjoy his close acquaintance that if there is one quality more than another that distinguishes him, it is his ability to keep the lip stiff and upper and make the best of things. Though crushed to earth, as the expression is, he rises again - not absolutely in mid-season form, perhaps, but perkier than you would expect and with an eye alert for silver linings.
Waking next morning to another day and thumbing the bell for the cup of tea, I found myself, though still viewing the future with concern, considerably less down among the wines and spirits than I had been yestreen.
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Main Entry: yes·treen
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English (Scots) yistrevin, from yisterday + evin evening, alteration of Middle English even
Date: 1773
chiefly Scottish : last evening or night
- yestreen adverb
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