how's come
English
Phrase
how's come
- How come; why.
- How's come you don't visit no more?
- 1934, The New York Lumber Trade Journal, volume 96-99, page 15:
- "How's come we don't hear more about it back where we come from ?”
- c. 1975, Proceedings of the Convention, volume 37, 1963-1979, Amalgamated Transit Union:
- So, some of the brothers who are way out there said to me, “How's come you come back and go to work for $3.90 from where you were?"
- 2004, Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, page 13:
- “How's come they did that, Stacey, huh?” he asked, dusting himself off. “How's come they didn't even stop for us?”