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Traditional English :: homeland
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homeliness.html - n.
1 one's native land.
2 an area in S. Africa reserved for a particular African people (the official name for a Bantustan). |
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Traditional English :: homeless
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homeliness.html - adj. lacking a home. |
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Traditional English :: homely
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homeliness.html - adj. (homelier, homeliest) 1 a simple, plain. b unpretentious. c primitive. 2 US (of people or their features) not attractive in appearance, ugly. 3 comfortable in the manner of a home, cosy. 4 skilled at housekeeping. |
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English Idioms :: home
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homeliness.html - See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME, NOBODY HOME, WRITE HOME ABOUT. |
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English Idioms :: home brew
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homeliness.html - {n. phr.} A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. * /Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition./ |
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English Idioms :: home in on
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homeliness.html - {v.} To move toward a certain place by following a signal or marker. * /The airplane homed in on the radio beacon./ * /The ship homed on the lights of New York harbor./ |
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