come-here

English

Noun

come-here (plural come-heres)

1. (US, Virginia, colloquial) A recent arrival to a place; a person who has only lately come to live in the area.
   • 1997, William H. Turner, Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy, page 189:

     There are many other ways of catching crabs, including chicken-necking (a sure sign of a come-here), and traps or pots.

Synonyms

• blow-in, comeling, newling, offcomer; see also Thesaurus:newcomer