upcomer

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English

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Etymology

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From upcome +‎ -er.

Noun

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upcomer (plural upcomers)

  1. 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.
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