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home-along

home-along adverb: to one's home; homeward.

Adverb

home-along (not comparable)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) To one's home; homeward.
    • “[…]And what did the lady say then?”
      “I can't mind. Please, Master Reddleman, may I go home-along now?”1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Questions about home-along

What does home-along mean?
Home-along means to one's home; homeward.
What part of speech is home-along?
Home-along is an adverb.

Words near home-along in the dictionary

  1. home wreckers
  2. home zone
  3. home zones
  4. home, sweet home
  5. home-
  6. home-along
  7. home-and-away
  8. home-and-home
  9. home-bodies
  10. home-body
  11. home-bred

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