Definition of "agin" []

• Against. (preposition)
• Opposed to: I'm agin him. (preposition)
• Next to; beside; near. (preposition)
• By or before (a specified time). (preposition)
• By the time that. (conjunction)

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• "I ain't got nothin 'agin' the child – she 's a nice enough little thing, – but she certainly do make him queer."
• "We'd had a bit of a tiff overnight, but she got up as quiet as a lamb and never said a word agin me, which surprised me."
• "That may be goin 'agin natur, suh, but 'tis stickin' close to Holy Writ an 'the wisdom of God."