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along adverb Approximately, somewhere, sometime (usually followed by a prepositional phrase or an adverb). [according to the OED, this usage probably developed in the U.S. in the 19th century]
1910 Cooke Power and Glory 15 Uncle Pros he got a revelation 'long 'bout midnight as to just whar that thar silver mine is. 1939 Hall Coll (Sugarlands TN) Along back about the time the part started in here, why this country round here where I'm a-living now was just settled up thick. 1953 Hall Coll. (Plott Creek NC) This has been along back just a few years ago, before the park took over the Hazel Creek boundary, game preserve. 1954 GSMNP-19:18 I went up one night with them to go a-fox hunting along in the autumn. 1975 GSMNP-59:17 He had two brothers that was ... hid along down on the road that they had to go. 1981 Weals Gourmet Hogs Along when the leaves begin to turn, then we got to wanting to go hunt wild game, you know. 1997 Dante OHP-14 A lawyer along in St. Paul told me “if you’re indicted,” he said, “I’ll defend.”