nearabout

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There the two seemingly conversed for a long time, and I was left comparatively alone, until the soldier who had told us of General Herkimer's doings nearabout Johnson Hall, came up.

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

"Our only chance is to keep movin' nearabout Thayendanega's camp, an' trustin' to accident for comin' across him."

From The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley 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

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

"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