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home-made

British

adjective

(esp of cakes, jam, and other foods) made at home or on the premises, esp of high-quality ingredients
crudely fashioned

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He added that he felt the home-made memorials attached to trees looked messy and cluttered.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

In a peaceful courtyard, a tiny elderly woman stands swirling a batch of home-made acorn jelly, her back hunched from decades of farming.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

In the video clip, Alexander is seen performing the song on a rooftop at night-time wearing a pinstripe jacket with the sleeves cut off, a matching skort and a home-made rosette badge.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2024

Crowds poured out of the metro, many of them wearing home-made crowns.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

The thing that mattered was the way Blount and Mick made of him a sort of home-made God.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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