Monday, July 27, 2015

transpontine

Adjective

transpontine (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the far side of a bridge
  2. Of, or pertaining to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier.
    Such transpontine spectacles are not usually seen in our local theatre

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talk nineteen to the dozen

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