up-alongadv.
dialect.
Along in a particular or specified direction; in the world at large; in or towards a larger community outside an isolated region; spec. (in British contexts) eastward; out of or away from the West Country; frequently in Cornish speech: up north, uphill. Also as n.
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the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in a direction
down along1525
thereaway1551
up-alonga1552
society > society and the community > [adverb] > in the world at large
up-along1905
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adverb]
northeOE
by northc893
northwardseOE
northwardOE
benorth1087
norwarda1450
northly1480
northerly1538
northernly1576
northenwards1591
at north1625
septentrionally1646
north-about1673
norwards1673
northernly1679
northwardly1726
anorth1807
north-away1820
northbound1867
up-along1908
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adverb] > in that direction
thereawayc1400
up-along1959
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction
upc888
upwardsc890
upwardOE
anovewardOE
countermount1513
upwith1513
supernally1596
headward1786
upwardly1816
upways1890
up-along1963
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 89 The Beauty of Bermingham..is one Street going up alonge almost from the left Ripe [= bank] of the Brooke.
1905 E. Phillpotts Secret Woman iii. ii. 249 ‘I wish I had the mastery of the Word that man hath.’ ‘Very fine,’ said Mr. Tapp, ‘but I hate fog—whether 'tis up-along or in church. The man goeth in a mist, an' his landmarks fail him.’
1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows ix. 199 ‘Nice little farm,’ replied the wayfarer briefly. ‘Upalong in that direction’—he nodded northwards.
1909 Daily Chron. 15 Nov. 3/4 All West Country people are at once crueller and kinder than the apathetic folk ‘up-along’.
1913 H. S. Walpole Fortitude i. iv. 45 Well, 'ere's the end of yer as yer are... Up along they'll change yer.
1959 Coast to Coast 1959–60 136 Wish she'd stop going then. Where we heading? Up-a-long or down-a-long?
1963 C. Berry Portrait of Cornwall (1984) iii. 54 ‘Coming up-along, are 'ee?’ asks a West Cornwall man of his friend at the foot of the hilly street.
1966 J. Aiken Trouble with Product X vii. 128 I said as how you'm taking Miss Whatname upalong to hospital.
1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 June 3/1 If you have some of your people down from upalong, keep a modest bearing and don't go boasting. They may say, in their curious mainland accents: ‘Waal, gee! Will ya look at all those birds. Why, this is incredible!’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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