rare. [f. WHAT pron., after whereabout(s.] What one is about; doings, occupations.
1830. Southey, Lett. (1856), IV. 170. Then you might know of all my … whatabouts and whereabouts from Henry Taylor.
1836. Morn. Chron., 6 June, 5/3. We have been wondering for some months as to the where-about and what-about of Mr. Buckingham, M.P.
1841. N. Hawthorne, in N. H. & Wife (1885), I. 227. I bethink me that you may have no objections to hear something of my whereabout and whatabout.
1868. Eliz. Prentiss, Life & Lett. (1882), 244. I was right glad … to learn of your whereabouts and whatabouts.
