Along \A*long"\ [AS. gelang owing to.]

(Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)