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hometown
[
hohm
-
toun
]
home·town
/
ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn
/
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[
hohm
-
toun
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
the
town
or city in
which
a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to a hometown:
a hometown welcome.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Origin:
1910–15,
Americanism
;
home
+
town
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hometown
noun
the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again"
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