| 单词 |
come-by-chance |
| 释义 |
ˈcome-by-chance colloq. A person or thing that comes by chance; an illegitimate child.
1760Life & Adv. of Cat 35 He put me out to nurse..since I was a comeby-chance. 1876G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xix. 213 Could it be that she already loved this come-by-chance. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 153 Come-by-chance, a bastard. A stray pigeon who has taken up his abode with your flock is a come-by-chance. Any article found and appropriated is so called. |

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