back-alongadv.
/ˈbakəˈlɒŋ/ dialect.
Back, in direction or time. Cf. along back at along adj.2, prep., and adv. Phrases 2.
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1877 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. Adv. Sci. IX. 127 Backlong (= Backwards. Formerly). This expression is of common occurrence about Teignmouth.]
1892 T. Hardy Pursuit Well-beloved xvii, in Illustr. London News 5 Nov. 578/1 And when, on my way backalong, I saw you waiting here about again, I slipped over the wall.
1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman i. ix. 83 Then I mind the time when Barbara Westaway wouldn't have him—back-along ten year or so.
1923 R. Frost Let. 12 Feb. (1964) 160 A good old-timer dating back along.
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adv.1892- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him her
- he she wouldn't say boo to a goose
- he should have a long spoon that sups with the devil
- he that comes first to the mill grinds first
- he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing
- he that hews high may have a chip fall in his eye
- he that looks high may have a chip fall in his eye
- he that marries a girl, mars a woman
- he that sings once, weeps all his life after
- he that touches pitch shall be defiled
- he that will not when he may, when he will he shall not
- he that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime
- he this
- he thishe that
- he travels fastest who travels alone
- he travels the fastest who travels alone
- he who can, does he who cannot, teaches
- he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day