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Definition of Thereabouts

1. Adverb. Near that time or date. "Come at noon or thereabouts"

2. Adverb. Near that place. "He stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks"

Definition of Thereabouts

1. Adverb. (alternative form of thereabout) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thereabouts

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thereabouts

there is nothing new under the sun there isn't any easy way to say this there ought to be a law there oughta be a law there oughtta be a law there she blows there was there we go there were there ya go

there you are there you go there you have it thereabout thereabouts (current term) thereafter thereagain thereagainst thereanent therearound

thereas thereat thereatop therebefore therebeforn therebetween therebeyond thereby therefor

Literary usage of Thereabouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"Teste me Richard Bankes Will- Bretton Clk. Walter Waterlin aged 40 yeares or thereabouts sayth uppon his oath, that in the yeare 1644 Mr ..."

2. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1865)
"... Mr. Jones states the value of the Py at '245/., or thereabouts ; and they both state lis value of occupying a cottage rent free, ..."

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"There is much doubt as fo what it was ; it may have been 30 acres or thereabouts or 120 acres or thereabouts; Maitland, Domesday and Beyond 307, ..."

4. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1824)
"Four hundred Pounds or thereabouts ; Ramoan, ... Pounds to One hundred Pounds or thereabouts ; Amx. One hundred and sixty Pounds or thereabouts ; Bilk, ..."

5. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1756)
"... matter thereabouts, which when they bave once ... and the places thereabouts have experienced. But if the cavern happens to be ..."

6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1860)
"James Courtney, of Exon, A Blacksmith Aged 23 yeares or thereabouts. ... 37 yeares or thereabouts. Francis Boyce of London, a Button hole maker, ..."

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