neck of the woods

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n. Informal, pl., necks of the woods.
A region; a neighborhood.

[From NECK, narrow stretch of forest.]

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A neighborhood or region, as in He's one of the wealthiest men in our neck of the woods. Originally (mid-1800s) alluding to a forest settlement, this colloquial term is now used more loosely, for urban as well as rural locales.

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