downcome

Example Sentences

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"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

"God!" he said, "what a downcome for that hoose!"

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

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

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

Looking after sheep in the desert was a sad downcome from the possibility of sitting on the throne of Egypt.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander