nigh side

Example Sentences

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But on my nigh side, only a little ways acrost from us sot the ponderous man I remembered on my journey thither who wanted to be a fly.

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

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

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

"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

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