used-to-be

== English == === Adjective === used-to-be (not comparable) (colloquial) Former, ex-. 1888, Daily Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 3 September, 1888,[1] Milburn Ellis, a used-to-be resident of this place, but now of the Grasshopper Country […] is visiting relatives here. 2004, Adrienne Rich, “Dislocations: Seven Scenarios,” 4, in The School Among the Ruins: Poems 2000-2004, New York: Norton, p. 88,[4] her / orders don’t necessarily / get obeyed / because / the government / is paying / and the / used-to-be / warriors / are patients === See also === has-been === Anagrams === doubtees