homebaker

Noun

homebaker (plural homebakers)

1. A person who bakes food (bread, cakes, etc.) at home.
   • Mrs. [Jean] Carlson notes that homebakers will need to experiment a bit when making these cookies, also sometimes called rolls.2006, “Kringla”, in Dear Curious Cook: Recipes to Remember Forever, Moline, Il.: Moline Dispatch Publishing Company, L.L.C., →ISBN, page 274
2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who homebakes illicit drugs.
   • Codeine tablets are still widely available in New Zealand, but less often abused than in the past. With a new proliferation of morphine sulfate tablets on New Zealand’s legal and illegal pharmaceutical markets, homebakers often use morphine instead when brewing their wares.2011, Kenaz Filan, “Codeine” (chapter 9), in The Power of the Poppy: Harnessing Nature's Most Dangerous Plant Ally, Rochester, Vt.: Park Street Press, →ISBN, page 81