ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Comeover

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Comeover is a noun meaning (Isle of Man) An immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man.

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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Related dictionary entries include mann, coislander, maneen, treen, newses, qualtagh.

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