neck of woods

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The cold frosts are beginning to leave their imprints; already snow is capping the mountain-tops, and God help us if we get winter-bound in this "neck of woods."

From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf

After marching about a mile we came into a neck of woods and crossed an intersecting road which showed no wheel-tracks, but was rich in hoof-prints.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Bierce, Ambrose

Slim and I hiked out to a neck of woods just beyond town, and there was the push, a score of husky hobos, charmingly located on the bank of a little purling stream.

From Moon-Face by London, Jack

As he left the marsh and crossed from a neck of woods to the lake shore he saw two moving objects far out upon the ice.

From Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale by Wallace, Dillon

The beggars were trying to approach unseen, though, I guess, for they were sneaking round a neck of woods so as to take advantage of that arroyo that runs almost up to the mine.

From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Goldfrap, John Henry