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neck of the woods
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does anyone know where the saying "neck of the woods "comes from ?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think I heard this answer on a TV programme or something. I think it goes back a long, long way when most of England was forest, and people didn't travel far so didn't really know place names for areas, I guess. It is just a phrase to identify where somebody comes from. i.e. "is that your neck of the woods?". That's what I remember anyway.
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