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[ adverb ] (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Examples "lasted approximately an hour" "he's about 30 years old" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundred pounds" "roughly $3,000" "holds 3 gallons, more or less" "20 or so people were there" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)After we got a script and the spots for the songs were blocked_out , we 'd get_together for an hour or_so every_day . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)She would n't be going_to get that for an hour or_so after Katya had left , go do the daily shopping . And I suppose now that you 've finally grown_up , if a_little late , you 'd go_on producing kittens every six months or_so . |
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