Transpontine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Situated on the other side of a bridge.
  • adj. Similar to or characteristic of melodramas once performed in London theaters located south of the Thames River.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the far side of a bridge
  • adj. Of, or pertaining to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated or existing across or beyond a bridge; specifically, belonging to the part of London lying on the Surrey side of the Thames: applied to the Surrey and Victoria theaters, at which cheap melodrama was formerly popular, and hence, in London theatrical parlance, to any play of a cheap, melodramatic character.
  • Word Usage
    "A third transpontine house, the Royal Coburg (still with us as the Old Vic) was addedlater."
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