nearabout
Example Sentences
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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 James Otis
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 James Otis
Mother knew from our conversation what it was we gazed at, and remained nearabout the fireplace striving to choke back the sobs of grief and sympathy which shook her frame.
From On the Kentucky Frontier A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West by James Otis
"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 James Otis
"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 James Otis
