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yonder adverb (Over) there, a considerable distance in space.
1939 Hall Coll (Proctor NC) og’s setting in one of them big bear trails just looking back yonder. 1977 Shackelford et al Our Appalachia 326 We say, “Let’s go over yonder and see that movie”; they say “Do you mean you want to go ‘over there’?” 2007 Homan Turkey Tracks 86 Based upon the folks I talked to—an admittedly small and much older than average sample—I compiled five alternative measures of Appalachian distance. The smallest component was tater chunk, as in “you’re real close, it’s just another tater chunk down the road.” Following tater chunk in progression were yonder, hoot and a holler, a piece, and a fer piece.