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came

/ˈkeɪ̯m/ noun A1
  1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.

Plural cames

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Dorothy came to meet them and thanked the little mice warmly for saving her companion from death.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 55 · B2
The day of his and Lydia’s departure soon came; and Mrs.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2
Thus he came along, supporting himself on a curiously carved stick, his aged countenance lit up with happiness, looking for all the world like one of the aged dandies of 1796, parading the newly opened gardens of the Luxembourg and Tuileries.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 22 · C1
He seized a rope which Dantès flung to him, and with an activity that would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 4 · C1

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