Lexicographical Neighbors of Anywheres
Literary usage of Anywheres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The OED notes Dickens, and our files contain this: Anyways, it could not be found
there —Joseph Conrad, Youth, 1902 anywheres anywheres is an Americanism ..."
2. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"Not a sound anywheres—perfectly still—just like the whole world was asleep, only
sometimes the bullfrogs a-clutter- ing, maybe. The first thing to see, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"But the Fust Lord of the Admiralty gave it him pretty hot in his absense, and
said if as any tomfoolery was a goin on anywheres he knew who 'd be a taking ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"he exclaimed, as he waddled across the street, "I'd 'a' know'd you anywheres.
I'ma little short-sighted, and I'm mighty nigh took oft" \\i' the dropsy,but I ..."
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