neck of woods
Example Sentences
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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 Raine, William MacLeod
You can make up your mind that he knows Chess Copley has started for this neck of woods.
From Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands by Emerson, Alice B.
Why, take Texas himse'f: Thar's a fly-by-night party pesterin' 'round camp for a space, who lets on he's from the same neck of woods as Texas.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
I know the mountain and the neck of woods around the summit.
From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
What license have we in that neck of woods?
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth
