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What is "transpontine"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
transpontine

1844, in a London context in reference to the area south of the Thames, from Latin trans- (see trans-) + pontine, from stem of pons "bridge" (see pons).

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transpontine

a. 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''.

Usage examples of "transpontine".

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