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Definition of Hereabout
1. Adverb. In this general vicinity. "The people are friendly hereabouts"
Definition of Hereabout
1. adv. About this place; in this vicinity.
Definition of Hereabout
1. Adverb. Close to; nearby. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hereabout
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hereabout
Literary usage of Hereabout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1894)
"will send you two little Papers about the Sea words and Phrases used hereabout,1
for which this Man (quite unconsciously) is my main Authority. ..."
2. History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: Including Lynnfield, Saugus by Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall (1865)
"Mr. Lewis gives the following sketches, which aptly illustrate atmospheric
phenomena occasionally seen hereabout. PHANTOM SHIPS. SUNRISE ON THE WATER. ..."
3. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris (1807)
"The Hermin Street hereabout is very bold and perfect, made of stone, gathered
all along from the superficial quarries. It goes perfectly strait from ..."
4. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"... then set sail; but it soon fell calm, and we are now drifting, with plenty of
leeway. We are all very alert, for it is no joke to be wrecked hereabout. ..."
5. A New Gazetteer of the United States of America ...: Including by William Darby, Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... has Conn. rw, hereabout 80 yards wide. Lit- They afterwards removed to New
Stock, bridge, Oneida со. NY, where land was given them by the Oneida Indians ..."
6. The Riviera by William Scott (1907)
"A large quantity of white wine is made from the hillsides hereabout, and a visitor
who wishes to gain an idea of what Italians can do in the way of ..."
7. The Manuscripts of the Earl Cowper, K. G.: Preserved at Melbourne Hall by John Coke, Thomas Coke, Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper Cowper, William Dashwood Fane (1888)
"... are hereabout to fortify and secure the city as far ¡is can he: they yet it
ple«sed God to make them very courageous ..."
8. Mexico? Si, Señor by Thomas L. Rogers (1893)
"The name signifies "joy in the water," and the numerous cascades hereabout show
that it is a descriptive and appropriate name. Leaving Orizaba we run up the ..."
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