hereaway

adv

hereaway

adv

Etymology From here + away.

1

Regional hereabouts, around here

  • The Bat Black-black-bearaway Coom doon by hereaway.1673-1915, F.W. Moorman, Yorkshire Dialect Poems:
  • "It's a purty big raigion hereaway," said Flaggan, during a brief halt to recover breath; "why shouldn't I steer for the Great Zahairy, an' live wi' the Bedooin Arabs?1817, R.M. Ballantyne, The Pirate City:
1 more example
  • I daresay, if the truth was known, the old hag's feeding a rebel she's got hidden away in some snug hole hereaway."1916, John Lang, Jean Lang, Stories of the Border Marches:

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