nearabout

Example Sentences

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"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

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 Litsey, Edwin Carlile

I knew of no one nearabout Benedict who would have rowed a boat against the current when she could have been handled so much more readily the other way.

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington 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

"Very well, but see to it that you heave to when coming nearabout, and remain until getting permission to proceed."

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James