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In this vicinity
Answer for the clue "In this vicinity ", 9 letters:
hereabout
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Word definitions for hereabout in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. close to; nearby. alt. close to; nearby.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. in this general vicinity; "the people are friendly hereabouts" [syn: hereabouts ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"about this, with regard to this matter," c.1200, from here + about . Meaning "in the vicinity, near here" is from early 13c. Hereabouts is from 1590s.
Usage examples of hereabout.
Winter, in coming to the country hereabout, advanced in well-marked stages, wherein might have been successively observed the retreat of the snakes, the transformation of the ferns, the filling of the pools, a rising of fogs, the embrowning by frost, the collapse of the fungi, and an obliteration by snow.
A hundred thousand men died hereabout, and it is said that their blood made the lake red for years afterward.
As I said, what with Drearwood just to the east, and beyond that the Grimwall, and these Rucks and such sneaking 'round, I think those of us hereabout are in for some hard times.