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Agin vs Ogin - What's the difference?

agin | ogin |

As an adverb agin

is .

As a preposition agin

is .

As a noun ogin is

(uk|chiefly|nautical|and|navy) a large body of water including the sea or the ocean.

agin

English

Adverb

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  • * 1859 , (Charles Dickens), "A Tale of Two Cities", in (All the Year Round) , vol. 1, p. 98:
  • ** At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin !”

    • Preposition

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  • * 1859 , (w, Harper's New Monthly Magazine) , vol. 19, p. 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."

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    ogin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * oggin

    Noun

  • (UK, chiefly, nautical, and, navy) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
  • * 2004 April 6, DannyBoy, in Man Overboard Statistics....'', in uk.rec.sailing, ''Usenet :
    • Nobody has yet put up a suitable argument for *never* going into the ogin to help someone who can't raise their own head above the surface...

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