hometown

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See also: home town

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Etymology

From home +‎ town.

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hometown (plural hometowns)

  1. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
    • 1994, Lindsey Tucker, Textual escap(e)ades:
      These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]
    • 2003, Cory Doctorow, chapter 6, in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom‎:
      “It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in their hometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.”
  2. (attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
    hometown decision, hometown verdict

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