"that-a-way" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} that-a-way (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of thataway (“that way”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: thataway (extra: that way)
    Sense id: en-that-a-way-en-adv-on-Xk5Lq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Directions
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          "ref": "1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer: or The First Warpath, page 117:",
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