nigh-hand
adverb
1
: near at hand : close by
living nigh-hand to where the new house was to be built
A. H. Bullen
A. H. Bullen2
: nearly, almost
wasn't it enough for you to nigh-hand kill one o' my horses Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover
Word History
Etymology
Middle English nigh hand, neih hond, from Old English nēh hand, from nēh, adverb, nigh + hand
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