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     Reginald Barrington wrote:
    That's why he said about?
    About
    (used with a number or quantity) approximately.
    "reduced by about 5 per cent"
    synonyms: approximately, roughly, around, round about, in the neighbourhood/region of, in the area of, of the order of, something like; More
    or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, more or less, give or take a few, not far off;
    getting on for;
    circa;
    informalas near as dammit;
    informalin the ballpark of
    "we think the explosion has caused about £15,000 worth of damage"
    antonyms: exactly, precisely

    You're confusing the meaning. Clearly 'About' is a geezer that fronts a monastery.

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