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downhome

downhome is the alternative form of down-home.

Meaning of down-home

Adjective

down-home (comparative more down-home, superlative most down-home)

  1. (US) 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

Forms of downhome

comparativemore downhome
superlativemost downhome

Questions about downhome

What is downhome the alternative form of?
Downhome is the alternative form of down-home.

Words near downhome in the dictionary

  1. downhiller
  2. downhillers
  3. downhilling
  4. downhills
  5. downhole
  6. downhome
  7. downie
  8. downier
  9. downies
  10. downiest
  11. Downieville

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