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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.]
   (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)
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   Along of, Along on, often shortened to Long of, prep.
      phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] "On me
      is not along thin evil fare." --Chaucer. "And all this is
      long of you." --Shak. "This increase of price is all along
      of the foreigners." --London Punch.
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