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alongshore

  • /əˈlɒŋʃɔː/ UK

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From along + shore.

adverb

  1. not comparable At or along a shore or coast.

adjective

  1. 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.

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"alongshore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alongshore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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alongshore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alongshore

Chicago

"alongshore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alongshore.

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@misc{alongshore_2026,
  title = {alongshore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alongshore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}