downcome

Example Sentences

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Within the last few years your temper has been sorely tried, and your heart too, God knows; for our trials and our downcome in this world has been great.

From The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

At the downcome of darkness Up to the trenches Fared he forth, Sidni the Storeman.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 by Various

"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