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I hung on de fence corners, and nearabouts some sich place.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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Jo Pomery -- which is short for Job, and 'tis the luckiest chance, sir, you hailed me, for you'm nearabouts the first man I wanted to see.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Well, my father had finished his job that day in a sweatin 'hurry, the tide bein' nearabouts on the top of the flood, and at the end, all the kegs bein 'stowed, he spiled one
Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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It only mean rag stuck in the mud and reds nearabouts here!
Lords of the North 1903
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They set out through a main pretty country, where the wheat stood nearabouts knee-high, but the roads were heavy after the spring rains.
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Guessing nearabouts the length of the serpent they cut down a very strong bamboo cane that if not longer is not shorter than the reptile and at the end they fasten a stout piece of rattan ably folded into a noose.
My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Giovanni Battista Cerruti 1882
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'She said -- and I think her tale were true, though I cannot get to t' rights on it, think on it as I will -- as Philip saved her husband's life somewheere nearabouts to Jerusalem.
Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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'She said -- and I think her tale were true, though I cannot get to t' rights on it, think on it as I will -- as Philip saved her husband's life somewheere nearabouts to Jerusalem.
Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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"Dougal's scouts say there's no sign of anyone nearabouts," he had said, standing on a large boulder to peer into the sunset himself, "but ye can never tell.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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