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homefare

homefare noun: homecoming; one's journey or arrival home.

Noun

homefare (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) Homecoming; one's journey or arrival home.
    • Up then, and try thee in playing, and scatter the griefs from thy soul, For not long shalt thou lack thy homefare, since even now did they roll Thy ship adown to the water, and her folk are bound for the main."1905, The athlete's garland: a collection of verse of sport and pastime - Page 165
    • Let the guest awhile be abiding, though he long for his homefare sore, To tarry at least for the morrow, that the gift I may fulfil.1912, William Morris, May Morris, The Collected Works of William Morris

Origin of homefare

From home + fare.

Questions about homefare

What does homefare mean?
Homefare means homecoming; one's journey or arrival home.
What part of speech is homefare?
Homefare is a noun.

Words near homefare in the dictionary

  1. homedawgs
  2. homedebtor
  3. homedebtors
  4. homedulgence
  5. homee
  6. homefare
  7. homefarer
  8. homefarers
  9. homefarm
  10. homefarms
  11. homefelt

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