nearabout

Example Sentences

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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

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 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

There the two seemingly conversed for a long time, and I was left comparatively alone, until the soldier who had told us of General Herkimer's doings nearabout Johnson Hall, came up.

From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James

"Our only chance is to keep movin' nearabout Thayendanega's camp, an' trustin' to accident for comin' across him."

From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James