nigh side

Example Sentences

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"Broke my new aut'mobile," carelessly replied my host, flicking a fly off the nigh side of his horse.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Eddy, Arthur Jerome

A big boulder was perched upon the nigh side of the road.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)

I felt a movement on my nigh side and see that Josiah wuz leanin’ forward in deep interest, 130 and thinkses I, he is sorry for her folly, he has a noble heart.

From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta

To reach the ground on the nigh side of the coach Ann Hicks would have to climb over a couple of boys.

From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Emerson, Alice B.

There ain't no opening on the nigh side of it, but that don't hinder Emily none.

From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)