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hereabout

or here·a·bouts

[heer-uh-bout]
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adverb
  1. about this place; in this neighborhood.

Origin of hereabout

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at here, about
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Examples from the Web for hereabouts

Historical Examples

  • It had no appeal to him, but hereabouts were the tracks of the owner.

    The Biography of a Grizzly

    Ernest Seton-Thompson

  • I say, sonny; yer hain't seen nothin' of a keow, have yer, here or hereabouts?

  • It upset all their little notions of what a stranding means, hereabouts.

    The Rescue

    Joseph Conrad

  • But hereabouts it is only by special dispensation that one gets them.

    The Paliser case

    Edgar Saltus

  • "Most every one hereabouts has heard o' me," the old man admitted, mildly.

British Dictionary definitions for hereabouts

hereabouts

hereabout

adverb
  1. in this region or neighbourhood; near this place
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for hereabouts

hereabout

"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.

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