alongshore en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈlɒŋʃɔː/ (UK)
Etymology
From along + shore.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) At or along a shore or coast.
On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the word and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn.
1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 60: