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home slice

home slice noun: a fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town.

Noun

home slice (plural home slices)

  1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular) A fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town.
    • Corey F: Chill, Steve-o. I’m just lookin’ after my home slice here.2000, Tommy Housworth, Smirking into the Abyss
    • Rod was my home slice. He and I rolled up scumbags together for two years in SWAT. I loved that guy.2002, Stephen J Cannell, The Viking Funeral

Forms of home slice

pluralhome slices
alternative formhomeslice

Origin of home slice

Variant of homeboy or homie + slice.

Questions about home slice

What does home slice mean?
Home slice means a fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town.
What part of speech is home slice?
Home slice is a noun.
What is the plural of home slice?
The plural of home slice is home slices.

Words near home slice in the dictionary

  1. home signal
  2. home signals
  3. home signs
  4. home skillet
  5. home skillets
  6. home slice
  7. home slices
  8. home stand
  9. home stands
  10. home state
  11. home states

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