homebred

[ hohm-bred ]

adjective

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

homebred

/ ˈhəʊmˌbrɛd /

adjective

1. raised or bred at home
2. lacking sophistication or cultivation; crude

Word History and Origins

Origin of homebred¹

First recorded in 1580–90; home + bred

Example Sentences

Thus the schoolboy hears both sides, and is so far better off than the homebred boy who hears only one.

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It is the genuine produce of the ancient, rustic, manly, homebred sense of this country.

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Too soon the mother states, with jealous fear, Transport their feuds and homebred quarrels here.

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But any season may bring it to your own shores; or at any hour it may appear among you homebred.

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His virtues are all his own; all plain, homebred, and unaffected.

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