byembye

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noun

by and by

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Meanings

nounbyembye (plural not attested)
  1. dateddialectalno pluralby and by
adverbbyembye (not comparable)
  1. dateddialectalnot comparableby and by

    "Then this ain't no place for you," remarked Private Piggott. "They'll be 'aving a shot at us byembye, then you'll catch it again. What d'yer come 'ere for?"

    c. 1918, Denis Norman Garsten, “The Runaway”, in The Shilling Soldier, Hodder and Stoughten, page 55
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    We wuz in harbor one day, in some islan's some'eres or uther way off some'eres, an' they wuz workin' us like dogs agittin' the cargo in. An' I got tired mos' ter death, an' I sneaked off inter the cutter they had tied ter the stern, an' went ter sleep. Well byembye I hears an awful racket, an' there wuz the Cap'n, acussin' somethin' awful as he pulled me in.

    1904 February, J[ohn?] N[esmith?] Greely, “As to Contentment”, in The Yale literary magazine, Herrick & Noyes, page 205

    "Yore a soight fer sore heyes," quoth he. "Have you got sore eyes, Bobball? I am sorry. You ought to go to the chemist, and " "No, Missy. I'll go to the Canteen an' wash away all sech sorrers, byembye. Better'n the chimist," interrupted Bobball.

    1917, Percival Christopher Wren, The Young Stagers, Longmans, Green and co., page 44

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
afterlifenext worldone daysomeday

Origin

From by and by.

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APA

byembye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byembye

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“byembye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byembye. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “byembye,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byembye.

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