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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
north-bound

1903, from north + bound (adj.2).

Usage examples of "north-bound".

I shall float along with a spell upon my life till I meet somewhere the north-bound steamer of the Company, and then indeed they will talk about the Capataz of the Sulaco Cargadores from one end of America to another.

He inched his spectacular mount -- it was a violently iridescent chrome green in color, with highly polished chromium gingerbread wherever there was any excuse for gingerbread to be - across the city and into the north-bound side of the superhighway.

Ringo was squatting beside me and the sun was gone though there was a bird of some sort still singing somewhere and the whistle of the north-bound evening train sounded and the short broken puffs of starting where it had evidently stopped at our flag station.