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- adjective
Eye dialect spelling ofopposite .
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Examples
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The bewtifool Countess of BELGRAVIER sat at the hopen winder of her Boodwar gazing on the full moon witch was jest a rising up above the hopposite chimbleys.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 Various
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Then Light Smiley nudged Crippley, and murmured something which Peggy could not clearly hear, about "th 'young lady hopposite."
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"Lor '!" said the big girl, "little miss from the hopposite winder to be sure."
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He served a lady hopposite Hapsley 'Ouse so one day, and since then I've never let him out to a friend except on Sunday, when, in course, there's no danger.
Men's Wives William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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He served a lady hopposite Hapsley ‘Ouse so one day, and since then I’ve never let him out to a friend except on Sunday, when, in course, there’s no danger.
Mens Wives 2006
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My old lord was up to every word of English; but his present lordship is the hopposite extreme.”
Erema Richard Doddridge 2004
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My old lord was up to every word of English; but his present lordship is the hopposite extreme. "
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