comeover
comeover noun: an immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man.
Noun
comeover (plural comeovers)
- 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?2008, Kathleen M. Henry, Critical Mass, →ISBN, page 46
- It was a comeover who told me that she disliked the Manx because they were so “provincial.” She was quite wrong. The Manx were not in the least provincial; they were profoundly insular—and the distinction is essential.2011, Jonathan Raban, Coasting: A Private Voyage, →ISBN
Forms of comeover
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Origin of comeover
Deverbal from come over.
Questions about comeover
- What does comeover mean?
- Comeover means an immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man.
- What part of speech is comeover?
- Comeover is a noun.
- What is the plural of comeover?
- The plural of comeover is comeovers.
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