nearabout

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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

"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

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 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

"So far as I know, there are no settlers nearabout."

From On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West by Otis, James