All 3 Uses of
coincide
in
Running in the Family
- Me and my polecat, my father said after one occasion when their drunks coincided, my father lapsing into his songsbaila or heartbreaking Rodgers and Hart or his own version of "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean"— My whiskey comes over the ocean
My brandy comes over the sea
But my beer comes from F.X. Pereira
So F.X. Pereira for me.
F.X….†
p. 59..9
- As this coincided with the RoyalThomian cricket match, we would collect them and throw them into the stands full of Royal students.†
p. 74..9 *
- If the trip coincided with his days of dipsomania the train could be delayed for hours.†
p. 149..1
Definition:
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(coincide) to be similar -- especially to happen at the same time or place