neck of the woods
Meaning
- (idiomatic) A local neighbourhood or region.
- (idiomatic) A place or field in which one is comfortable or with which one is familiar.
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Etymology
See neck (“narrow tract of land”) or from Algonquian naiack ("point" or "corner").
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