"comeupance" meaning in All languages combined

See comeupance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: comeupances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} comeupance (plural comeupances)
  1. Alternative form of comeuppance Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: comeuppance
    Sense id: en-comeupance-en-noun-fnNt-92i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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        },
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        {
          "ref": "1990, George Sirgiovanni, An Undercurrent of Suspicion: Anti-communism in America During World War II, page 131:",
          "text": "Once again, what followed was a shocking comeupance for the right-wing press.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Oswald G. Ragatz, Reunion with Murder, page 26:",
          "text": "I have a very strong personal grudge against my ex-husband, and I'd love to see him finally get his comeupance.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Eileen Blumenthal, Puppetry: A World History, page 153:",
          "text": "When a nineteenth-century English performer tried presenting a more moral puppet show, with Punch getting his comeupance, audiences would have none of it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1990, George Sirgiovanni, An Undercurrent of Suspicion: Anti-communism in America During World War II, page 131:",
          "text": "Once again, what followed was a shocking comeupance for the right-wing press.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Oswald G. Ragatz, Reunion with Murder, page 26:",
          "text": "I have a very strong personal grudge against my ex-husband, and I'd love to see him finally get his comeupance.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Eileen Blumenthal, Puppetry: A World History, page 153:",
          "text": "When a nineteenth-century English performer tried presenting a more moral puppet show, with Punch getting his comeupance, audiences would have none of it.",
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