nearabout
Example Sentences
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As I figger it, we had best bear off to the westward, strikin' the fort on that side nearabout where the fragment of a bush stands, than to push on for the main gate.
From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by James Otis
I have seen soldiers nearabout New Orleans, therefore do I know that when foragers go out they take with them huge wagons to bring back such as may be found.
From The Minute Boys of York Town by James Otis
The main highway, which we traveled for a number of miles, was made of gravel, brought from a considerable stream which, I learn, runs somewhere nearabout.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
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 James Otis
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 James Otis
