downcome

Example Sentences

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Ay, ay—no doubt—no doubt," said the Bailie, briskly, "but we are all subject to a downcome, and it comes hard on those that have held their heads high.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir

Hey, Master-of-Arts Duncan MacAlpine, this is a bonny downcome for your grandfather’s son, and you come of decent blood up in Glen Strae—to be great with the Advocate, and scribbling his blethers!

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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

John felt the humiliation of this downcome in a far keener way than David did.

From Scottish sketches 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