homebred

[hohm-bred]

adjective

bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.

Origin of homebred

First recorded in 1580–90; home + bred

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Historical Examples of homebred

There only the homebred wit and humor freely flow and flash.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864
Various
His virtues are all his own—all plain, homebred, and unaffected.
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Washington Irving
But any season may bring it to your own shores; or at any hour it may appear among you homebred.
Colloquies on Society
Robert Southey
His virtues are all his own; all plain, homebred, and unaffected.
The Oxford Book of American Essays
Various
Plague not yourselves nor the land of your adoption, by importing and giving perpetuity to homebred prejudices.
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XII
William Faux

British Dictionary definitions for homebred

homebred

adjective

raised or bred at home
lacking sophistication or cultivation; crude

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