"agin" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities”, in All the Year Round, volume 1, page 98",
          "text": "At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation : “Bust me, if she ain't at it agin!”",
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          "ref": "1859, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 19, page 278",
          "text": "[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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          "ref": "1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 228",
          "text": "when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.",
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        {
          "ref": "1960 September 22, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, page 183",
          "text": "[Howland Owl:] Boy! There's prejudice for you... I got a pure, pristine boy here an' you're agin him.\n[Porky Pine:] I ain't AGIN him... I jus' ain't FOR him...",
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          "text": "[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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