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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Other young women in Paris—fellow-members there of the little tight transpontine world of art-study—professed to know that the pair had "several times" over renewed their fond understanding.
From Some Short Stories [by Henry James] by James, Henry
Mr. James Madgin was first low comedian at one of the transpontine theatres.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
It kept perpetually coming up in Paris, in the transpontine world, that, as the phrase was, America had grown more interesting since they left.
From Some Short Stories [by Henry James] by James, Henry
Thou sawest thy America, thy lifetask, and didst charge to cover like the transpontine bison.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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
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