About where; near what or which place; -- used
interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
[1913 Webster] Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.
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Concerning which; about which. "The object
whereabout they are conversant." --Hooker. [1913 Webster] [1913
Webster] Whereabout
Whereabout \Where"a*bout`\, Whereabouts
\Where"a*bouts`\, n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they
did not know his whereabouts. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A puzzling
notice of thy whereabout. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]