downcome

Example Sentences

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What a downcome from his dignity to be the patron of a golf course or the chaplain of a curling club, instead of enjoying the fame and name of the holy well.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.

They were over the side in a moment, and there was a heavy splash into the muddy waters of the Humber, thick with the downcome of swollen rivers, thrown back by the flowing tide.

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

"Thou maun do without horse-sheet and surcingle now, lad," he said, addressing the animal; "you and me hae had a downcome alike; we had better hae fa'en i, the deepest pool o' Tarras."

From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir

It was a downcome, though, for a man who had been proud of driving behind his own horseflesh to pack in among a crowd of the Barbie sprats.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas