Thereabout

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thereabout \There"a*bout`\, Thereabouts \There"a*bouts`\, adv.
     [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]
     1. Near that place.
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     2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten


        men, or thereabouts.
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              Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Some three months since, or thereabout. --Suckling.
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     3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]
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              What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. --Chaucer.
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              They were much perplexed thereabout.  --Luke xxiv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thereabout
       adv 1: near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts" [syn:
              {thereabouts}]
       2: near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for
          several weeks" [syn: {thereabouts}]