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theredown

theredown adverb: down there.

Adverb

theredown (not comparable)

  1. (formal, obsolete, uncommon) Down there.
    • Now the lane was shaded with willows, and having walked theredown a half-mile or so, you would have seen a quivering gleam, that was not upon their moon-lit leaves, […]1851 June, “An Evening Stroll”, in The Nassau Literary Magazine, volume X, number VIII, page 271
    • Mythical country village created by broadcaster Gillie Potter, who regularly reported via radio of the doings theredown.1985, Denis Gifford, The Golden Age of Radio, London: B. T. Batsford, page 116

Origin of theredown

From Middle English therdoune. Equivalent to there + down.

Questions about theredown

What does theredown mean?
Theredown means down there.
What part of speech is theredown?
Theredown is an adverb.

Words near theredown in the dictionary

  1. therebetwixt
  2. therebeyond
  3. thereby
  4. thereby hangs a tale
  5. thereckly
  6. theredown
  7. therefor
  8. therefore
  9. therefrom
  10. therehence
  11. therein

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