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a surrounding or nearby region
it is a rugged locality
the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
How To Use neck of the woods In A Sentence
- The family moved opposite to me in a modest semi-detached, and they soon became the closest thing to celebrity in our neck of the woods.
- But I am more of a physical hunter than a strategic hunter, hiking is the name of the game in my neck of the woods. What is your favorite big game to hunt? All I've ever hunted is Whitetail and Mule Deer. I like Whitetail best of the two.
- In my neck of the woods I see kids ferried around in 70s-era school buses. Think Progress » GOP New Orleans Congressman: Health Reform ‘At A Par With Slavery’ Because Of Nonexistent Abortion Coverage
- I have been fishing, hiking, and hunting for 15 years in the SW corner of SC around Big Bend right outside of Walhalla and right over the line from your neck of the woods, and have only seen one hog. This is probably a more regional question than most; but is there a place in NW GA with good hog hunting?
- Back then, the term anime wasn't in the general English vocabulary, and animated films, certainly in my neck of the woods, were simply seen long cartoons for kids. SFX
- Seldom did they see Faerie people or Leprecauns in their neck of the woods, so they did not want to miss the opportunity to examine these unexpected visitors for their encyclopedic almanac of the native peoples of the western hemisphere.
- He's from your neck of the woods .
- But it turns out that this fish, a "longhead dreamer" anglerfish, is not alone when it comes to ugly mugs -- in fact, compared to some other fish discovered in his neck of the woods, he's actually kind of cute. TreeHugger
- He has displeased several in that neck of the woods by announcing that he will not seek to repeal Section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which proscribes hate speech. Archive 2009-01-01
- The vanguards of style in this neck of the woods erected monstrosities that looked like mausoleums. YELLOW BIRD