Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gone north about

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: gone north about
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.

Obsolete

verb

Example Sentences

"..And he's gone on a cruise he liked better than the one you'd have had him; but that's no matter; I had better have gone north about twenty times over than come athwart you."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does gone north about mean?: Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.

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