downcome

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English

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Etymology

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From down- +‎ come.

Noun

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downcome (plural downcomes)

  1. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
  2. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  3. A downpour of rain.

Verb

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downcome (third-person singular simple present downcomes, present participle downcoming, simple past downcame, past participle downcome)

  1. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
    • 1958, Botteghe Oscure - Issue 21, page 174:
      Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark
    • 1995, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence - Page 242:
      Everthing downcame today Anne the world's spinning out and I spec we finally all going to be riding raw.
    • 2013, Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence, →ISBN:
      If she exes I don't know what would downcome.

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