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hometown

[ hohm-toun ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn /

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noun

the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.

adjective

of or relating to a hometown: a hometown welcome.

Nearby words

Origin of hometown

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; home + town

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for hometown

During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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That side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of Flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.
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Meanwhile, their Missouri hometown appears to be on the brink of chaos.
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On Sunday, Saban said he often writes letters to the editors of his hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times.
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Darren Deon Vann's hometown has 10,000 abandoned houses, more than enough for him to hide six bodies.
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Hometown, owing to some early local faction, is divided into two sections, forming two distinct towns.
Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson
The trails and by-paths were as familiar to him as the streets of his hometown are to a boy of to-day.
With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga|W. Bert Foster
Amos Shoopegg is a type of a large class of the native element of Hometown.
Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson
The old homestead is situated in the heart of Hometown, fronting on the main street.
Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson
But my other waitresses wanted to get back to their hometown, and they left early—before we did.
The Mystery of the Fires|Edith Lavell

Word Origin and History for hometown

hometown

n.

1879, from home (n.) + town.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper