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come by

verb

intr, preposition to find or obtain (a thing), esp accidentally
do you ever come by any old books?

Armstrong made answer and said, "He will come by-and-by; you shall have him."

Poor cottagers living beside a highroad don't open too easily at this hour to a couple of come-by-chance wayfarers.

It will come by-and-by and all day long, In that old quiet house I told you of: We sleep safe there.

By nature, I mean simply the present state of things, whether designed by an intelligent mind, or a mere come-by-chance.

It was whispered about that you were a come-by-chance child, and your mother was a bad woman.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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