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[ eest-bound ] / ˈistˌbaʊnd /
adjectivetraveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train. Origin of eastboundAn Americanism dating back to 1875–80; east + -bound2 Words nearby eastboundEast Ayrshire, East Bengal, East Bengali, East Berlin, East Berliner, eastbound, Eastbourne, east by north, east by south, East Cape, East Chicago Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eastboundI followed her on Twitter, like the rest of the world, and Eastbound & Down was airing at the time. Inside the Mind of The Mindy Project’s Resident Weirdo, Ike Barinholtz|Kevin Fallon|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I spend an alarming amount of time watching back episodes of The Wire, Eastbound and Down, and Girls. A.J. Jacobs: How I Write|Noah Charney|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Eastbound & Down was probably one of my favorite shows of the past few years. ‘Treme’ Writer and Detective Novelist George Pelecanos: How I Write|Noah Charney|September 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST A burning wind swept down out of the mountains and it was hot that morning when the eastbound Coast to Coast drifted in. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines|Ruthe S. Wheeler
The smudge turned out to be an English merchantman, eastbound, as scared of the Germans as we were. A Yankee in the Far East|George Hoyt Allen The conductor on the Fast Mail, eastbound, on the night in question, ought to have been the next witness. The Wreckers|Francis Lynde There is a way to board the northbound train without going to town, and if nothing else happens we'll make the eastbound express. They of the High Trails|Hamlin Garland The great increase of eastbound shipments and the demand for return lading at any price was undoubtedly the cause. Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
British Dictionary definitions for eastbound
adjectivegoing or leading towards the east Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |