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downcome

[doun-kuhm] /ˈdaʊnˌkʌm/
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noun
1.
a downcomer.
2.
Archaic. descent or downfall; comedown; humiliation.
Origin of downcome
1505-1515
First recorded in 1505-15; down1 + come
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  • Ay, said Mrs. Bairnsfather, shaking her head pathetically, it has been a great grief to her this downcome of young Strathoran.

    Merkland Mrs. Oliphant
British Dictionary definitions for downcome

downcome

/ˈdaʊnˌkʌm/
noun
1.
(archaic) downfall
2.
another name for downcomer
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