Definition of "mists of time" []

• Any time so long ago that history is no longer clear, as though lost in a mist or fog. (noun)

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• "Whoever in the mists of time had first built my bothy had chosen its position well: it backed straight into an elbowed granite outcrop that sheltered it from the north and east, so that winter blizzards mostly leap-frogged over the top."