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Definition of "neck of the woods" []

  • Informal A region; a neighborhood. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "neck of the woods" in a sentence
  • "Agh, that perpetual shroud of coal dust that hung over this neck of the woods hit him."
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