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Come over

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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

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What does come over mean?

Come over means (Isle of Man) An immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man..

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

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