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glory days/years

noun

Definition of glory days/years

: a time in the past that is remembered for great success or happiness
  • The team's glory days are long gone.
  • His glory years as an actor are now far behind him.

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glory play

  1. : praise, honor, or distinction extended by common consent : renown

  2. : worshipful praise, honor, and thanksgiving

  3. : something that secures praise or renown

  1. : to rejoice proudly

  1. used to express surprise or delight

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days play

  1. : in the daytime repeatedly : on any day

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year play years

  1. : the period of about 3651/4 solar days required for one revolution of the earth around the sun

  2. : the time required for the apparent sun to return to an arbitrary fixed or moving reference point in the sky

  3. : the time in which a planet completes a revolution about the sun

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