Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long time.
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- noun idiomatic, US, colloquial A very
long time .
Etymologies
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An Americanism recorded in 1843 and probably related to the old English expression in a crow's age meaning the same.
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