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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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
But this would never have done for a transpontine audience.
From From Paris to New York by Land by Harry De Windt
He was wrestling with hideous melodrama, often described to him by patrons of Thespian art at transpontine theatres.
From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross
He came on to the scene suddenly and with much uproar, in a way that would have made his fortune in a transpontine drama.
From Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
So, then, apart from the blows covertly dealt him by Madame de Godollo, the idea of the transpontine emigration had proved to be, on the whole, a bad one.
From The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honoré de Balzac
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