downcome
Americannoun
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a downcomer.
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Archaic. descent or downfall; comedown; humiliation.
noun
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archaic downfall
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another name for downcomer
Etymology
Origin of downcome
Example Sentences
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My ain grandfather, who was the son of a great farmer, hired himsell for a shepherd at that time to young Tam Linton; and mony ane was wae for the downcome.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
Besides Jamie might not like it; and for many other reasons, the little downcome would press hardest upon Christina.
From A Knight of the Nets by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
"Pride will have a downcome," said some, with a gleg look and a smack of the lip, trying to veil their personal malevolence in a common proverb.
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
It be held to be a sure sign that an ailing body will die if there be a downcome of soot.
From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon
But my new business seemed to them such a downcome that they passed me by with a cock of the chin.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
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