Comers
[kʌməz]
Examples
- Extensive litigation with new-comers followed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The lawless Bedouins in the Valley of the Jordan and the deserts down by the Dead Sea were up in arms, and were going to destroy all comers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For him ancient Greece was the only home of culture, and such culture was not for all comers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is unknown how much was consumed in our kitchen by odd comers and goers. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I couldn't altogether make out why, myself, as we were not stationary here, being but comers and goers anywhere. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The new-comers having been welcomed by the old ones, Mr. Tuckle put the question that supper be ordered in, which was carried unanimously. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He would mention him in laudatory terms to new-comers, when his back was turned. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Macdonald The new comers were Wilfred of Ivanhoe, on the Prior of Botolph's palfrey, and Gurth, who attended him, on the Knight's own war-horse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The new-comers tramped up the bare wooden stairs, following the serving woman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This might easily be, the house having been long deserted; but he did receive letters, and comers, and keep books, and correspond. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All new-comers were presented to him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Edited by Bryan