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  • adjective Eye dialect spelling of opposite.

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Examples

  • 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

  • Then Light Smiley nudged Crippley, and murmured something which Peggy could not clearly hear, about "th 'young lady hopposite."

    Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story 1887

  • "Lor '!" said the big girl, "little miss from the hopposite winder to be sure."

    Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story 1887

  • 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

  • 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

  • My old lord was up to every word of English; but his present lordship is the hopposite extreme.”

    Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

  • My old lord was up to every word of English; but his present lordship is the hopposite extreme. "

    Erema — My Father's Sin 1862

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