Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THERE-A-BOUT', or THERE-A-BOUTS'
THERE-A-BOUT', or THERE-A-BOUTS', adv. [comp. there and about. The latter is less proper, but most commonly used.]
- Near that place. Shak.
- Nearly; near that number, degree or quantity; as, ten men or thereabouts.
- Concerning that. [Not much used.] Luke xxiv.
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