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offcomer

offcomer noun: a newcomer to a place.

Noun

offcomer (plural offcomers)

  1. (UK) A newcomer to a place.
    • Similarly, there is jokey talk of the possibility of dynamiting offcomer homes in the village (just as the Welsh have done to English cottagers), and of beating up any offcomer who tells tales about Wanet to other offcomers […]2005, Signe Howell, The Ethnography of Moralities, page 96
    • They are offcomers, a neat appellation intended to highlight their lack of local family. This could be reinforced with suitable word associations; 'from down South' was typical, or something implying weirdness such as 'he is into art'.2017, Ken West, R.I.P. Off!: Or The British Way of Death, page 4

Synonyms of offcomer

Forms of offcomer

pluraloffcomers

Questions about offcomer

What does offcomer mean?
Offcomer means a newcomer to a place.
What part of speech is offcomer?
Offcomer is a noun.
What is the plural of offcomer?
The plural of offcomer is offcomers.

Words near offcomer in the dictionary

  1. offcasting
  2. offcasts
  3. offchance
  4. Offchurch
  5. offcome
  6. offcomer
  7. offcomers
  8. offcoming
  9. offcumden
  10. offcumdens
  11. offcut

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