neck of woods
Example Sentences
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The cold frosts are beginning to leave their imprints; already snow is capping the mountain-tops, and God help us if we get winter-bound in this "neck of woods."
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Alf Burnett
In this neck of woods a man is liable to get himself disliked if he shoots off his mouth too prevalent.
From A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine
About a mile away, on the other side of this neck of woods, wherein Robin had been trapped, was a little tumbledown cottage.
From Robin Hood by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
As he left the marsh and crossed from a neck of woods to the lake shore he saw two moving objects far out upon the ice.
From Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale by Dillon Wallace
Bankers are bound to be broad-gauged, intelligent, and conservative, so I would go to him and get at the ancient history of this neck of woods.
From Crooked Trails by Frederic Remington
