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- noun Plural form of
oncome ..
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Examples
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This woman had acquired a considerable reputation among the ignorant by the pretended cures which she performed, especially in "oncomes," as the Scotch call them, or mysterious diseases, which baffle the regular physician.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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Your comments regarding the tipping of yesteryear & how bartenders & others have 'lost' some measure of their oncomes by whatever 'hook & crook' situation that occurred has entered another phase: just last week the BELLHOPS at American Airlines filled a lawsuit against said company ... reason ...
Tipping 2007
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“oncomes,” as the Scotch call them, or mysterious diseases, which baffle the regular physician.
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