Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hand winch used in pulling, tightening, and straightening, having two cables that are hooked to two objects, such as fence posts, and then ratcheted from opposite directions onto a central spool.
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Examples
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If the bill is hard to comprehend, one can always wait for a clearer version to comealong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Response to Orin: 2009
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They picked their way down a slight defile, comealong vines pulling at their pants legs, and then back up again.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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Almost every building was a charred ruin, overgrown with comealong vines and honeysuckle.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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But we rolled, along through the jungle, smooth like on wheels, the comealong vines snapping at our ankles, the sky green, green-on-green.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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Both flanks were making what seemed like too much noise, their point men crashing through the brush, cursing the comealong vines.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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It was tough going, prickly comealong vines up to your knees and thick stands of bamboo to chop through with machetes.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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This is probably a good thing, seeing as there’s propane tanks all over the place (including outside our neighbourhood convenience store), just waiting for accidents to happen or terrorists to comealong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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This is probably a good thing, seeing as there’s propane tanks all over the place including outside our neighbourhood convenience store, just waiting for accidents to happen or terrorists to comealong.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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