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

And for the last transpontine decade I have been regrowing north London roots while continuing to tend south London attachments as best I can.

From The Guardian

The bad undergraduate defied the Ten Commandments, all and severally, with the ease and success of the villain of transpontine melodrama.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon this plot Gilbert wrote his clever burlesque on the transpontine drama—the drama of the virtuous peasant girl in the clutches of the bold and bad baronet—and amongst his characters is a tragic figure not unlike Shakespeare's Ophelia.

From Project Gutenberg

This transpontine restriction undoubtedly narrows the life and interests of Julfa.

From Project Gutenberg

Transpontine, trans-pon′tin, adj. situated across a bridge, esp. belonging to the part of London on the Surrey side of the Thames, hence melodramatic from the tastes of the theatres there.

From Project Gutenberg