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thereabout
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thereabout, adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.].
- Near that place. [1913 Webster]
- Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. [1913 Webster]"Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts." [1913 Webster]"Some three months since, or thereabout." [1913 Webster]
- Concerning that; about that. [1913 Webster]"What will ye dine? I will go thereabout." [1913 Webster]"They were much perplexed thereabout." [1913 Webster]
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