Definitions for good old days
good old days

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1. auld langsyne, langsyne, old times, good old daysnoun

   past times remembered with nostalgia

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1. Good Old Days

   Good Old Days is a song by American rapper Macklemore, featuring American singer-songwriter Kesha. It was written by Macklemore, Kesha, Budo, Andrew Joslyn, Sam Wishkoski and Tyler Andrews, with lyrics written by Macklemore and Kesha and production handled by Budo. The song was originally released as a promotional single on September 19, 2017, from Macklemore's second solo studio album, Gemini (2017). As of October 9, 2017, "Good Old Days" has sold 48,000 digital copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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1. good old days

   The "good old days" is a term used to express nostalgia or sentimental longing for a period in the past, often idealized for its perceived simplicity, innocence, or personal enjoyment and happiness, sometimes with the implication that the present is seen as less desirable or satisfactory.

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1. Good old days

   Good Old Days is a cliché in popular culture. It refers to an era considered by the speaker to be better than the era he or she is currently in. It is a form of nostalgic romanticisation. An early use is by John Henley in The Primitive Liturgy: for the Use of the Oratory, Part 1. Being a form of Morning and Evening Prayer..., 1726 "To all sincere Lovers of their Religion, And of their Country ; of Truth, Learning, Charity, and Moderation ; to all honest Admirers of the good old Days of their best and wisest Fore-fathers, this first Part of the Primitive Liturgy Is most humbly dedicated." This book is reviewed in The Historical Register, Volume XI, 1727 In 1727 Daniel Defoe wrote "In the good old days of Trade, which our Fore-fathers plodded on in ...".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of good old days in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of good old days in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of good old days in a Sentence

1. Former President Bill Clinton:

   I’m actually old enough to remember the good old days, and they weren’t all that good in many ways, that message where ‘I’ll give you America great again’ is if you’re a white Southerner, you know exactly what it means, don’t you?

2. Howard Stern several years ago:

   We've got to cure AIDS so then we can go back to not wearing rubbers, those were the good old days.

3. Bette Davis:

   There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains. the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

4. Brooks Atkinson:

   In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.

5. Tom Albright:

   I could get ahead of the job for three hours, and at that point I could go goof off for three hours, those were the good old days. It ain't like that anymore. They get every nickel that they can out of that individual working that job on the floor.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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