transpontine
Americanadjective
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across or beyond a bridge.
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on the southern side of the Thames in London.
adjective
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on or from the far side of a bridge
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archaic on or from the south side of the Thames in London
Etymology
Origin of transpontine
1835–45; trans- + Latin pont- (stem of pōns ) bridge + -ine 1
Example Sentences
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The expression in its pristine dramatic simplicity may still be heard in transpontine theatres, but modern realism insists usually on a paraphrase.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
This transpontine restriction undoubtedly narrows the life and interests of Julfa.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Steak and onions was the strong act of a romantic drama after the very heart of this transpontine rough.
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
I have it bound in morocco with some more of Douglas Jerrold’s early transpontine plays, and some Æschylean dramas by Mr. Fitzball.
From Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton
Mr. James Madgin was first low comedian at one of the transpontine theatres.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
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