along of

preposition

because of

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Meanings

preposition
  1. obsoletebecause of

    It’s all along of you that he ventured to do what he did.

    1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 3.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
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    "Flint was cap'n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg.[…]"

    1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 11, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

    You will find yourself in trouble all along of that nonsense, if you don't do what I say.

    1888, Harry Castlemon, “Chapter 16”, in The Steel Horse

    Turning against your own poor father, to set them bloody-minded soldiers on him! And now he'll be taken and hanged, and I shall be a poor miserable widow woman all along of you!

    1896, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Carbonels

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
because ofby virtue of
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along of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/along%20of

MLA

“along of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/along%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “along of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/along%20of.

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