adv. rare. [f. THEN adv., after nowadays.] In those days, at that (past) time.
1688. R. L’Estrange, Brief Hist. Times, III. 9. At Length, through a Wonderful Providence (as Providence went Then-a-Days) both these Wants were supply’d.
1768. Ross, Helenore, II. 87. ’Bout then a days we never met wi’ cross.
1844. N. Brit. Rev., II. 56. Then-a-days one could acquire a very complete knowledge of chemistry … in a very short space of time.
1898. M. B. Edwards, in Westm. Gaz., 20 July, 2/3. Then-a-days, ah! then-a-days, All the months were merry Mays.
