hither and thither
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Also, hither and yon. Here and there, as in I've been wandering about, hither and thither, or Ruth went hither and yon, searching for her sister. These old words for “here” and “there” are rarely heard outside these expressions, which themselves may be dying out. [c. a.d. 725]
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Words nearby hither and thither
Hitchings, hitch one's wagon to a star, Hitch your wagon to a star, hi-tech, hither, hither and thither, hithermost, hitherto, hitherward, hit it big, hit it off
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How to use hither and thither in a sentence
Lovel found it a rambling, hither-and-thither old house, with tall hedges of yew all about it.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett