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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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“A barrowful of _what?_” thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2
Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2
Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,) “Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 27 · B2
In every hole the sea came up,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 1 · C1

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