about east

English

Adverb

about east (not comparable)

1. (US, slang, New England) OK; all right; in a proper manner.
   • 1884, Hiram Bigelow, Family Companion, letter, quoted in Dictionary of Americanisms, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198:

     I went into the dining-room, and sot down afore a plate that had my name writ on a card onto it; and I did walk into the beef and 'taters and things about east.

References

• Bartlett, John Russell (1884) Dictionary of Americanisms‎^[1], 4th edition, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 198
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “about east”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 6.
• John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “about east”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 6–7.
• Hendrickson, Robert (2000) The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 172

Anagrams

• eastabout