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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.]
(Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
[1913 Webster]
Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep.
phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] ``On me
is not along thin evil fare.'' --Chaucer. ``And all this
is long of you.'' --Shak. ``This increase of price is all
along of the foreigners.'' --London Punch.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.]
(Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep.
phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] ``On me
is not along thin evil fare.'' --Chaucer. ``And all this
is long of you.'' --Shak. ``This increase of price is all
along of the foreigners.'' --London Punch.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
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