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how's come

how's come phrase: how come; why.

Phrase

how's come?

  1. How come; why.
    • How's come you don't visit no more?
    • "How's come we don't hear more about it back where we come from ?”1934, The New York Lumber Trade Journal, volumes 96-99, page 15

Examples of how's come in a sentence

  • So, some of the brothers who are way out there said to me, “How's come you come back and go to work for $3.90 from where you were?"c. 1975, Proceedings of the Convention, volumes 37, 1963-1979, Amalgamated Transit Union:
  • “How's come they did that, Stacey, huh?” he asked, dusting himself off.2004, Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, book 2, page 13:

Questions about how's come

What does how's come mean?
How's come means how come; why.
How do you use how's come in a sentence?
So, some of the brothers who are way out there said to me, “How's come you come back and go to work for $3.90 from where you were?"
What part of speech is how's come?
How's come is a phrase.

Words near how's come in the dictionary

  1. how're
  2. how're you
  3. how're you doing
  4. how's
  5. how's about
  6. how's come
  7. how's every little thing
  8. how's everything
  9. how's it
  10. how's it going
  11. how's it hanging

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