nearabout

Example Sentences

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We could do that last if we pleased, for our boat is hidden among the bushes nearabout where Master Jones turned back.

From Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga by Otis, James

As I figger it, we had best bear off to the westward, strikin' the fort on that side nearabout where the fragment of a bush stands, than to push on for the main gate.

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

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

I knew of no one nearabout Benedict who would have rowed a boat against the current when she could have been handled so much more readily the other way.

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

I have seen soldiers nearabout New Orleans, therefore do I know that when foragers go out they take with them huge wagons to bring back such as may be found.

From The Minute Boys of York Town by Otis, James