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Neck of the woods

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A local neighbourhood or region. idiomatic
  2. 2
    a surrounding or nearby region wordnet
  3. 3
    A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar. idiomatic

Etymology

See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").

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