YESTERWEEK

PRONUNCIATION: (YES-tuhr-week)

MEANING: noun: Last week.
adverb: During last week.

ETYMOLOGY: From yester- (a time one period before the present one), from Old English giestran (previous day) + week, from Old English wice (week). Earliest documented use: 1830.
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HESTERWEEK - the seven-day period when aficionados get together to re-read The Scarlet Letter.

EYES, TERWEEK! - Mr Terweek, copying answers from your neighbors' test papers is not permitted

YESTERWEED - a strain of marijuana so strong you're stoned for even before you use it