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about east

about east adverb: OK; all right; in a proper manner.

Adverb

about east (not comparable)

  1. (New-England, US, slang) OK; all right; in a proper manner.
    • 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.1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198

Questions about about east

What does about east mean?
About east means OK; all right; in a proper manner.
What part of speech is about east?
About east is an adverb.

Words near about east in the dictionary

  1. abounds in one's own sense
  2. abounds with
  3. about
  4. About box
  5. About boxes
  6. about east
  7. about face
  8. about faced
  9. about faces
  10. about facing
  11. about me

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