downcome

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My ain grandfather, who was the son of a great farmer, hired himsell for a shepherd at that time to young Tam Linton; and mony ane was wae for the downcome.

From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James

But my new business seemed to them such a downcome that they passed me by with a cock of the chin.

From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John

At the downcome of darkness Up to the trenches Fared he forth, Sidni the Storeman.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 by Various

Hey, Master-of-Arts Duncan MacAlpine, this is a bonny downcome for your grandfather’s son, and you come of decent blood up in Glen Strae—to be great with the Advocate, and scribbling his blethers!

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Ay, ay—no doubt—no doubt," said the Bailie, briskly, "but we are all subject to a downcome, and it comes hard on those that have held their heads high.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir