nigh side

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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.

First we got ahead; then they scraped by us, crumpling our fender on the nigh side.

From Keeping up with Lizzie by Bacheller, Irving

On the nigh side was a coachman, with his bandy legs cased in white pants and yeller topped boots; and on the other—well, say! you talk about your polka dot symphonies!

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell