neck of the woods

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English

Etymology

See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").

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Noun

neck of the woods (plural necks of the woods)

  1. (idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region.
  2. (idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.

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References

  1. ^ Bill Bryson (1994) MADE IN AMERICA, Seeker & Warburg, page 29
  2. ^ William Safire (1996) “Quo Lingua?”, in The New York Times Magazine Sept. 29, 1996‎
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