agin
See also: Agin
English
Etymology
From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
agin (not comparable)
- (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again
- 1859, Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", in All the Year Round, vol. 1, p. 98:
- At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”
- 1859, Charles Dickens, "A Tale of Two Cities", in All the Year Round, vol. 1, p. 98:
Preposition
agin
- (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
- 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 19, p. 278:
- [The Court] said: "Young man, this ere Court is satisfied that there ain't nothin' in the laws of Vermont agin tippin' over a churn full of sap. […] But I want ye should remember one thing—that this ere Court has made up his mind that it's a very naughty trick, and it's a shame that there's so many maple-trees in the State, and no law agin tippin' over sap."
- 1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 228:
- when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.
- 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 19, p. 278:
Anagrams
Scots
Preposition
agin
- Alternative form of again