[where.abouts] also where.about adv [ME wheraboutes (fr. wher aboute + -s, adv. suffix) & wher aboute, fr. where, wher where + about, aboute about--more at whence] (14c): about where: near what place "~ is the house"
[2]whereabouts also whereabout conj (14c) 1 obs: on what business or errand
2: near what place: where "know ~ he lives" [3]whereabouts n pl but sing or pl in constr, also whereabout (1605): the place or general locality where a person or thing is "their present ~ are a secret"