c'min

c'min

English

Contraction

c'min

1. (informal) Come in.
   • 1970, Gil Scott-Heron, The Vulture, page 20 or 25:

     "Hey, kid! Kid! C'mere!" The words came out of the shadows of the storefront next to me. […] "C'min an' I'll hidja."

   • 1973, Leo Simpson, The Peacock Papers: A Novel, Macmillan of Canada, page 206:

     […] , who was sawing busily at her neck with his knife. "C'mere, Captain. You'll be killed if you stay there. C'min here." The voice came from the farther side of the wall shelf […]

   • 2020, Elizabeth Massie, Ameri-Scares Montana: Ghosts in the Dust, Crossroad Press:

     “C'mere. Now!” Johnel looked up and down the street. Cars passed back and forth. A couple on other side of the road beneath the trees talked to each other as if nothing weird was happening. […] “C'min the brush where I'm hidin'.” “No.”

Related terms

• c'mere, c'mon