nigh side

Example Sentences

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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

He called back, as he passed round the rear of his load to the nigh side of his team.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah

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

From Keeping up with Lizzie by Bacheller, Irving

The calf was playing on the far side of its mother, and so we could easily come up upon the nigh side without being observed.

From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by Foster, W. Bertram

"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