neck of woods
Example Sentences
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I know the mountain and the neck of woods around the summit.
From In Secret by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
They're coming on the next train, so to speak, and right over in that neck of woods is the other half of Upi's tribe chasing their short legs off to get me.
From The Golden Snare by Curwood, James Oliver
Some men meet the senders of this at Oysterman Dan’s, in neck of woods above Lower Point Gifford, to raid kidnapers’ roost from there, and effect rescue of young Anthony Sabaste.
From Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In by Whipple, Wayne
He had nearly reached the limit of the farm, and entered his neck of woods, when the breathing of a cow trying to nip some comfort from the frosty sod delighted his ear.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
Jim always uses bear's-paw shoes, and I don't believe there are more than half a dozen other pairs in this neck of woods.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
