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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man.

   "Some laborer, a comeover for sure, perhaps had stolen it, disabused his bosses of it, and for what?"

Synonyms

All synonyms

come-over

Example

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"Some laborer, a comeover for sure, perhaps had stolen it, disabused his bosses of it, and for what?"

Etymology

Deverbal from come over.

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