Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go-along

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: go-a-long
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ethnographic method involving meeting and walking with members of the community being studied.

noun

A person duped into accompanying thieves during a robbery.

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"A boy called Hewitt, awaiting transportation on the Euryalus hulk in the mid-1830s, told an interviewer that the swell-mob would often call into lodging-houses in order to recruit "go-alongs" for thieving expeditions: "boys are delighted [they] think it an honour to go with a swell-mob"."

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

go-alongs (plural)

Questions

What does go-along mean?: An ethnographic method involving meeting and walking with members of the community being studied.

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