nearabout
Example Sentences
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There are others nearabout, Fitz Hamilton, who can also make a hurried march, and who knew the country better than do these under my Lord Cornwallis's command.
From The Minute Boys of York Town by Otis, James
"It was nearabout midnight when we came into this place," Hiram replied to Harvey's question, as if still working out a problem in his mind.
From The Minute Boys of Boston by Otis, James
General Arnold arrived at Stillwater nearabout three weeks before Colonel Willett rode into that place with the request that assistance be sent as soon as possible to Fort Schuyler.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James
We could do that last if we pleased, for our boat is hidden among the bushes nearabout where Master Jones turned back.
From Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by Otis, James
Mother knew from our conversation what it was we gazed at, and remained nearabout the fireplace striving to choke back the sobs of grief and sympathy which shook her frame.
From On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West by Otis, James
