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whereabout
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whereabout, adv.
- About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? [1913 Webster]" In this sense, whereabouts is the common form." [1913 Webster]
- Concerning which; about which. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
whereabout, n.
The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"A puzzling notice of thy whereabout." [1913 Webster]
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