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come-here

come-here noun: a recent arrival to a place; a person who has only lately come to live in the area.

Noun

come-here (plural come-heres)

  1. (US, Virginia, colloquial) A recent arrival to a place; a person who has only lately come to live in the area.
    • There are many other ways of catching crabs, including chicken-necking (a sure sign of a come-here), and traps or pots.1997, William H. Turner, Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy, page 189

Synonyms of come-here

Forms of come-here

pluralcome-heres

Questions about come-here

What does come-here mean?
Come-here means a recent arrival to a place; a person who has only lately come to live in the area.
What part of speech is come-here?
Come-here is a noun.
What is the plural of come-here?
The plural of come-here is come-heres.

Words near come-here in the dictionary

  1. come-arounds
  2. come-at-able
  3. come-by
  4. come-down
  5. come-downs
  6. come-here
  7. come-heres
  8. come-hither
  9. come-hithers
  10. come-hithery
  11. come-o'-will

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