home-brew

[hohm-broo]

home-brew

[hohm-broo]
noun
beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.

Origin:
1850–55

home-brewed, adjective
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home-brew
 
n
1.  a beer or other alcoholic drink brewed at home rather than commercially
2.  informal (Canadian) a professional football player who was born in Canada and is not an import
 
'home-'brewed
 
adj

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home-brew definition


  1. n.
    homemade liquor or beer. : My uncle makes his own home-brew.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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