whereabout

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whereabout - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whereabout \Where"a*bout`\, Whereabouts \Where"a*bouts`\, adv.
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     1. About where; near what or which place; -- used
        interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you
        meet him?
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     Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.
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     2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they
        are conversant." --Hooker.
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  Whereabout \Where"a*bout`\, Whereabouts \Where"a*bouts`\, n.
     The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know
     his whereabouts. --Shak.
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           A puzzling notice of thy whereabout.     --Wordsworth.
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