offcumden

English

Alternative forms

• offcomeden, offcomedun, offcumdun

Noun

offcumden (plural offcumdens)

1. (Yorkshire) Someone not from the area; an incomer, an outsider.
   • 1988, The Dalesman, vol. 50, p. 46:

     As an offcumden I have much to learn of Dales gardening.

   • 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 101:

     Thine empire is under threat from offcumdens and men that want to pull you under.