nigh side

Example Sentences

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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

Not so hard on the nigh side there.

From The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings : or, Making the Start in the Sawdust Life by Darlington, Edgar B. P.

On the nigh side was a coachman, with his bandy legs cased in white pants and yeller topped boots; and on the other—well, say! you talk about your polka dot symphonies!

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

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

To reach the ground on the nigh side of the coach Ann Hicks would have to climb over a couple of boys.

From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Emerson, Alice B.