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   Nov 1, 2013 · The OED says the origin of yonks is unknown and has it from 1968 in the Daily Mail: I rang singer Julie Driscoll... She said: ‘I haven't heard from you for yonks.’

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   The earliest known use of the noun yonks is in the 1960s. OED's earliest evidence for yonks is from 1968, in the Daily Mirror (London).

3. www.danword.com › crossword › YonksYonks - crossword puzzle clues & answers - Dan Word

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   Today's crossword puzzle clue is a quick one: Yonks. We will try to find the right answer to this particular crossword clue. Here are the possible solutions for "Yonks" clue. It was last seen in The Guardian quick crossword. We have 2 possible answers in our database.

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   The Crossword Solver found 19 answers to "YONKS", 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to classic crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. Enter the length or pattern for better results. Click the answer to find similar crossword clues.

5. worldwidewords.org › qa › qa-yon1Yonks - World Wide Words

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   Nov 16, 2002 · Everyone is as puzzled as you are by this curious word, which appeared in print in the UK in the late 1950s with no clear link to any other word in the language. It usually turns up in the phrase for yonks, for a long time.

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   clue. It was last seen in British cryptic crossword. We have 1 possible answer in our database. Sponsored Links. Possible answer: A. G. E. S. A. G. O. Hopefully you found the right answer here.

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   • The Crossword Solver found 14 answers to "yonks", 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to classic crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles. Enter the length or pattern for better results. Click the answer to find similar crossword clues . ???? Use any punctuation for ? Was the Clue Answered?

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   Where did yonks come from?

   • The OED says the origin of yonks is unknown and has it from 1968 in the Daily Mail: I rang singer Julie Driscoll... She said: ‘I haven't heard from you for yonks.’ The Shorter Slang Dictionary (Partridge, Beale, Fergusson, 1994) agrees it's from the 1960s and suggests: Probably from years, perhaps influenced by donkey’s years.

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   What is the meaning of the word 'yonks'?

   • The meaning of the word 'yonks' is unknown, but there are two popular theories. One theory suggests it comes from 'donkey's years', while another theory proposes it is an initialism for 'years, months, weeks'.

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   Where did the phrase 'I haven't heard from you for yonks' come from?

   • She said: ‘I haven't heard from you for yonks.’ The Shorter Slang Dictionary (Partridge, Beale, Fergusson, 1994) agrees it's from the 1960s and suggests: Probably from years, perhaps influenced by donkey’s years. Donkey's years (also donkeys' years) is a play on "donkey's ears" which are long, therefore a long time.

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   What does 'I Haven't Seen you for yonks' mean?

   • Q From Jill Cormier: I often say, ‘I haven’t seen you for yonks!’, meaning that I haven’t seen the person for quite a while. I have no idea where it comes from and it’s not in my Concise Oxford Dictionary. Can you help at all? Oh, by the way, I’m English.

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   When did yonks first use a symphony?

   • However, there have been persistent anecdotal reports that by then it had been in the spoken language for some time (even perhaps for yonks). David Stuart-Mogg wrote: “It was in very common usage at Clifton College, Bristol, not later than 1955 and I subsequently heard it used by naval officers, again still in the 1950s.”

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   Here is the answer for the crossword clue Yonks? (4) last seen in Telegraph Cross Atlantic puzzle. We have found 10 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is AGES.