transpontine

[ trans-pon-tin, -tahyn ]

adjective

1. across or beyond a bridge.
2. on the southern side of the Thames in London.

transpontine

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpontine¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpontine¹

C19: trans- + -pontine , from Latin pōns bridge

Example Sentences

And he strode along with the air of the heavy man in a transpontine melodrama.

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He talked after a fashion of the characters in an early Victorian novel or a transpontine melodrama.

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Thou sawest thy America, thy lifetask, and didst charge to cover like the transpontine bison.

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Transpontine, trans-pon′tin, adj. situated across a bridge, esp.

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The arable infants seem to gravitate towards the transpontine districts south of the Thames.

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