yester-year noun.
['jɛstǝjɪǝ] literary.
L19.[from YESTER + YEAR noun1, orig. coined by D. G. Rossetti to render Villon's French antan.]Last year. Also, time not long past (esp. nostalgically recalled).
■ D. G. Rossetti Where are the snows of yester-year? ■ G. Clare Our wars of yester-year seem so heroic. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲