Meanings
agin1
- dialectalhumorousnot comparableoftenDialectal form of again.
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, volume 1, page 98
- dialectalhumorousoftenDialectal form of against.
when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.
1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 2282 more examples
[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."
1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 19, page 278[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...
1960 September 22, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 183
Agin2
Origin
- Scotsagin
- Englishagin
From Scots agin, variant form of again (“against”).
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