agin
See also: Agin
English edit
Etymology edit
From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
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, volume 1, page 98:
- At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”
Preposition edit
agin
- (dialectal, colloquial, or now often humorous) Alternative form of against
- 1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 19, page 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.
- 1960 September 22, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 183:
- [Howland Owl:] Boy! There's prejudice for you... I got a pure, pristine boy here an' you're agin him.
[Porky Pine:] I ain't AGIN him... I jus' ain't FOR him...
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Adverb edit
agin (not comparable)
- Alternative form of again
References edit
- “agin, adv., prep., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.