down home
down home is the alternative form of down-home.
Meaning of down-home
Adjective
down-home (comparative more down-home, superlative most down-home)
- Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.
- The guitarist wearing fatigues and sneakers, sitting on a stool telling down-home stories interspersed with a few yodels.1980 February 16, Althea, “Teresa Trull and Julie Homi with the Harp Band [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13
- Synonyms:
- countrified, folksy, homespun, just folks
Phrase
down home
- In the (rural) place where one grew up.
- Hard times had hit them. Protestants always end up in the conservatory, his aunt used to say, getting the last bit of free heat until the glass fell in. That's how it was down home anyway, but it was mostly better in the city.1979, Eilis Dillon, “The Turning”, in TriQuarterly, volume 46
- I see people here from all over the country and from all over the world. My favorite folks are people who come from down home in Missouri2012, Gary Bunch, The Captain and the Kid
Forms of down home
| comparative | more down home |
|---|---|
| superlative | most down home |
Questions about down home
- What does down home mean?
- Down home means in the (rural) place where one grew up.
- What is down home the alternative form of?
- Down home is the alternative form of down-home.
- What part of speech is down home?
- Down home is a phrase.
Words near down home in the dictionary
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