Adverb
last year (not comparable)
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Synonym: (archaic) yesteryear
Coordinate terms: this year, next year
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish. Steven Wright
Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. Bobby Jindal
My wife will buy anything marked down. Last year she bought an escalator. Henny Youngman
Words of snow, which fell last year. German Proverb
In spring no one thinks of the snow that fell last year. Swedish Proverb
Where is by now the snow of last year. Hungarian Proverb