come yorkshire over
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He was not blind to the natives' faults; he amusingly describes how one "who might have thriven in one of our large towns came Yorkshire over him," by bringing him an india-rubber ball which, instead of being solid, was stuffed inside with chewed leaves."
- "[B]efore I left Huddersfield I had the satisfaction of captaining a team which won most of its matches against the leading Yorkshire towns, though Sheffield 'came Yorkshire over us' by making us play upon the wooden floor of their Drill Hall. The Yorkshire children were almost bilingual. The youngsters talked broad dialect in the playground, yet answered incorrect English in class."
Usage
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Slang
- Transitive verb