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hometown

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See also:home town

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Etymology

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Fromhome +‎town.

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Noun

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hometown (pluralhometowns)

  1. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
    • 1994, Lindsey Tucker,Textual escap(e)ades:
      These vehicles convey Esther from herhometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance[…]
    • 2003,Cory Doctorow, chapter 6, inDown and Out in the Magic Kingdom‎[1]:
      “It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in theirhometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.”
  2. (attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
    hometown decision,hometown verdict

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place of birth or residence

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