agin meaning (humorous): definition, etymology and quotations

agin

adv

/əˈɡɪn/

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

Dialectal, Humorous, Often Dialectal 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:

prep

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

Dialectal, Humorous, Often Dialectal form of against.

[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:
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 228:

1 more example

[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: