stay-at-home
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ətˌhoʊm adjective
1.
not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
2.
of or pertaining to time spent at home: a stay-at-home evening.
noun
3.
a person who stays at home a good deal; a person not inclined to travel; homebody.
Origin:
1800–10
1800–10
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| stay-at-home | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of a person) enjoying a quiet, settled, and unadventurous use of leisure |
| —n | |
| 2. | a stay-at-home person |
| 3. | a person who does not bother to vote in a political election |
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Stay-at-home
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Example sentences
As a form of cheap, stay-at-home entertainment, gaming is one of the few industries to have done well during the recession.
Cats and dogs running around at night get eaten by coyotes whereas the stay-at-home types never do.
In addition, preliminary data suggest that the number of stay-at-home mothers in certain demographic groups may be increasing.
Patty, who was a stay-at-home mom and wasn't earning money, was blindsided.
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