about east in English

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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "about east (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198",
          "text": "I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east.",
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        }
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        "OK; all right; in a proper manner."
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        "(US, slang, New England) OK; all right; in a proper manner."
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        "not-comparable",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "about east"
}

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{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "about east (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "New England English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198",
          "text": "I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "OK; all right; in a proper manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "OK",
          "OK"
        ],
        [
          "all right",
          "all right"
        ],
        [
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        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, slang, New England) OK; all right; in a proper manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-England",
        "US",
        "not-comparable",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "about east"
}

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"about east" meaning in English

Adverb