board around
intransitive verbDefinition of board around
: to board at a succession of houses in a community as part of one's compensation
in the early U.S. country teachers and ministers used to board around
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“Board around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/board%20around. Accessed 17 May. 2021.
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