ALONG OF


Meaning of ALONG OF in English

preposition

Etymology: Middle English along (construed with on ), alteration of ilong (construed with on ), from Old English gelang (construed with on, æt ), from ge-, associative prefix + lang long — more at co- , long

1. dialect : because of : on account of

it's all along of mother leaving us like this — Joseph Conrad

2. dialect

a. : with

you come in here along of me — Richard Llewellyn

b. : to

they belong along of Snug here — G.A.Chamberlain

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.