English Explanatory Dictionary

come home by weeping cross

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.

Word forms

come home by weeping cross comes home by weeping cross coming home by weeping cross came home by weeping cross

Etymology

From a common English placename indicating the former site of a stone cross.

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