transpontine

American  

[trans-pon-tin, -tahyn] / trænsˈpɒn tɪn, -taɪn /

adjective

1. across or beyond a bridge.

2. on the southern side of the Thames in London.

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transpontine British  

/ trænzˈpɒntaɪn /

adjective

1. on or from the far side of a bridge

2. archaic on or from the south side of the Thames in London

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Etymology

Origin of transpontine

1835–45; trans- + Latin pont- (stem of pōns ) bridge + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

The tragedy of the eighteenth century is almost beneath contempt, being for the most part pale French echo or else transpontine melodrama, with a few plaster-cast attempts to reproduce an entirely misunderstood Shakespeare.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

The transpontine theatre, even the penny gaff of the New Cut, was not quite unfamiliar with the face of the poet-painter. 

From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

Among the best women of Brooklyn and of yonder transpontine city are those who allowed the bloom of life to pass away while they were caring for their parents.

From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

The title, anglicised, would be suitable for an old-fashioned transpontine melodramatic tragedian, who could certainly say of himself, "I rant so!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

He stopped suddenly and stamped twice, as a haughty earl might do in a transpontine tragedy when resolving upon his crowning villany, and exclaimed in a voice suggestive of fiend-like triumph— "I have it."

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge