newcome

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So says I to mesilf: 'I will throw this newcome, whoiver he is, off his guard, be callin' him be a sthrange name!'

From Observations By Mr. Dooley by Dunne, Finley Peter

But when a day or two confirms her stay Boldly she sings and loud for half the day; And soon the village brings the woodman's tale Of having heard the newcome nightingale.

From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by Clare, John

"I don't see my way to no advantage for David and Dorothy, and this here young newcome, if I was to hop the twig."

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Remember our covenants, get them that can all friends; and be sure to despatch the plot to carry them into the country, lest the brace of newcome monsieurs get them.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

And mingled with all the hours of happiness of those times there were hours, also, of emptiness and loneliness—hours when, newcome to my surroundings, for fear of rebuff I walked alone.

From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried