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Round about

adv, prep_phrase

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an opposite direction. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Round; around. emphatic, not-comparable
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    At a point or time approximately equal to.

    "Nevertheless, the modern outside cylinder 2-6-0 may be said to have had its beginnings on the G.N.R. and G.W.R. round about 1911."

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