agin

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English

Etymology

From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.ˈɡɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɪn
  • Hyphenation: a‧gin

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial or now often humorous) Alternative form of again

Preposition

agin

  1. (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

Anagrams

Scots

Adverb

agin (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of again

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