Dictionary entry

Home-bred

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Home″–bred′ (?), a. 1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. “ Home-bred mischief.” Milton.

Benignity and home-bred sense. Wordsworth.

2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.

Only to me home-bred youths belong. Dryden.

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