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those were the days

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.38 in modern English

Syllables
those w-ere the -days
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

That was a particularly pleasant, exciting, or noteworthy time.

Questions

What does those were the days mean?
That was a particularly pleasant, exciting, or noteworthy time.

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