homebred

[ hohm-bred ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈbrɛd /

adjective

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

Nearby words

Origin of homebred

First recorded in 1580–90; home + bred

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Examples from the Web for homebred

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
Too soon the mother states, with jealous fear, Transport their feuds and homebred quarrels here.
The Columbiad|Joel Barlow
Thus the schoolboy hears both sides, and is so far better off than the homebred boy who hears only one.
A Treatise on Parents and Children|George Bernard Shaw
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

There only the homebred wit and humor freely flow and flash.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for homebred

homebred

/ (ˈhəʊmˌbrɛd) /

adjective

raised or bred at home

lacking sophistication or cultivation; crude

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