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transpontine

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trans⋅pon⋅tine

  [trans-pon-tin, -tahyn]
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–adjective
1. across or beyond a bridge.
2. on the southern side of the Thames in London.
Origin:
1835–45; trans- + L pont- (s. of pōns) bridge + -ine 1
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trans·pon·tine   (trāns-pŏn'tīn')   
adj.  

  1. Situated on the other side of a bridge.

  2. Similar to or characteristic of melodramas once performed in London theaters located south of the Thames River.

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