nearabout

Example Sentences

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"So far as I know, there are no settlers nearabout."

From On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West by Otis, James

"It was nearabout midnight when we came into this place," Hiram replied to Harvey's question, as if still working out a problem in his mind.

From The Minute Boys of Boston by Otis, James

"Very well, but see to it that you heave to when coming nearabout, and remain until getting permission to proceed."

From Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington by Otis, James

The main highway, which we traveled for a number of miles, was made of gravel, brought from a considerable stream which, I learn, runs somewhere nearabout.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

General Arnold arrived at Stillwater nearabout three weeks before Colonel Willett rode into that place with the request that assistance be sent as soon as possible to Fort Schuyler.

From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley by Otis, James