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latecomer

[ leyt-kuhm-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

latecomer

/ ˈleɪtˌkʌmə /

First recorded in 1865–70; late + comer

Mahaffey also notes that the failure of any of the established candidates to emerge from the pack might favor a latecomer.

Aunt Ophelia: A latecomer to politics, Ophelia Ford is a state senator from Memphis.

He watched the sun sneak around one stubby wing of the Latecomer.

Each tiniest mechanism of the Latecomer had functioned perfectly.

The couch squeezed them as the Latecomer shot beyond its ramp, increased its velocity.

The Latecomer touched the runway at little more than a hundred miles per hour.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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