stander-by

See also: stander by

English

Noun

stander-by (plural standers-by)

  1. Alternative form of stander by.
    • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Emma: [], volume III, London: [] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 23–24:
      There he was, among the standers-by, where he ought not to be; he ought to be dancing,—not classing himself with the husbands, and fathers, and whist-players, who were pretending to feel an interest in the dance till their rubbers were made up,—so young as he looked!

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