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.

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

But little cause have I to speak, for I too am a downcome.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

Peggy was anxious to make the girls as happy as she could, and feared that they must feel this a downcome; but her hands were full of work, and her head of cares.

From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen

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