hither and thither

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, hither and yon . Here and there, as in I've been wandering about, hither and thither , or Ruth went hither and yon, searching for her sister . These old words for “here” and “there” are rarely heard outside these expressions, which themselves may be dying out. [c. a.d. 725]

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Lovel found it a rambling, hither-and-thither old house, with tall hedges of yew all about it.

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