upcomer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]upcomer (plural upcomers)
- Eggcorn of up-and-comer.
- 2015 October 18, Mark Kermode, “Pan review – in serious need of pixie dust”, in The Observer[1]:
- Australian upcomer Levi Miller is an extremely likable lead as young Peter, but he has his work cut out for him breathing character into a drama whose primary agents include Rooney Mara’s controversially Caucasian Tiger Lily and Garrett Hedlund’s blandly hunky James Hook.