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Home-Bred
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (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.