neck of woods

Example Sentences

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He had nearly reached the limit of the farm, and entered his neck of woods, when the breathing of a cow trying to nip some comfort from the frosty sod delighted his ear.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Slim and I hiked out to a neck of woods just beyond town, and there was the push, a score of husky hobos, charmingly located on the bank of a little purling stream.

From Moon-Face by London, Jack

Just before sunrise they went down to explore the neck of woods, but found nobody.

From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Every other railroad in this neck of woods is skinned, and M'Grath is having the time of his life trying to hold our levies together.

From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay

I know a neck of woods leading within a hundred yards of the cottages.

From The Sword of Antietam A Story of the Nation's Crisis by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)