This side of
Short of, before, as in I think she’s still this side of forty, or I doubt they’ll arrive this side of noon. [ First half of 1400s ]
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adjective 1. filled with or having many thistles. 2. suggesting a growth of thistles, especially in being difficult or painful to handle: a thistly set of problems.