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hereaway

American  
[heer-uh-wey] / ˈhɪər əˌweɪ /
Or hereaways

adverb

Dialect.
  1. hereabout.


Etymology

Origin of hereaway

1350–1400; Middle English. See here, away

Example Sentences

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The bachelors here they'd see their sweethearts carry the roof into next parish on their backs, like a snail, and never put out a hand; 't is not the custom hereaway.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various

There was but little sea-weed or kelp thrown up, though above high-water mark I noticed large stacks of it ready to be hauled away, containing as many varieties as commonly grow among the rocks hereaway.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

"Colonel, I can't say I do rightly understand the state of things down hereaway," drawled out the interpreter, after yawning like a hound, and giving me the most favorite title of the frontiers.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

It's just as that dragoon said: there are a good many king's cruisers hereaway.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

We're in the gold country," he said; "it's all gold-bearing quartz hereaway.

From The Talking Leaves An Indian Story by Stoddard, William Osborn

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