Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Bred or brought up at home; hence, uncultivated; artless; rude.
- Of native or innate growth; domestic; natural; inborn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.
- adj. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Examples
“Some familiar colours from the Flat will be making a very rare appearance in the jumping arena at Naas on Sunday with Ballymacoll Stud's home-bred four-year-old Director's Forum set to run in the concluding bumper for Jessica Harrington.”
“But even if she did, I could not believe that a home-bred hamster would venture far in the cold, certainly not as far as the pool, an open area without vegetation, where no animal would seek refuge.”
Simon & Schuster: Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
“ “Theseupright wormsand their home-bred brutes only cause us trouble”, Molly chirped”
“On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.”
The Huffington Post: Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track
“During my three visits to Melbourne, I discovered that while Aussie bookstores are chock full of Stephen King, Anne Rice and Dean Koontz, one had to REALLY hunt for home-bred horror.”
Interview with Australian Horror Author R. Frederick Hamilton
“Traditional media exploit this, too; the week's news coverage speaks directly to our fascination with home-bred violence.”
“After all, malls have been part of the national landscape for more than 50 years, spawning their own indigenous culture (mall rats), native cuisine (Cinnabon) and home-bred pop sensations from Tiffany to Timberlake.”
“I have noted your adventure, as you home-bred youths may perhaps term it, concerning the visit of your doughty laird.”
“Nicholas II was highly vulnerable to flattery, a dangerous characteristic in an autocrat, and he and his court descended into mysticism and unreality, immersing themselves in cults and surrounding themselves, as Witte said, with “imported mediums and home-bred ‘idiots’ passing as saints.””
“The first to approach were Darwin Washington, a journalist on staff for the only black-run newspaper in the city, The Michigan Chronicle; and Carl Croom, a popular home-bred beat writer from the Detroit Free Press.”
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