hometown

[ hohm-toun ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈtaʊn /

the town or city in which a person lives or was born, or from which a person comes.

of or relating to a hometown: a hometown welcome.

Origin of hometown

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; home + town

During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.

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That side is volunteering extensively in his hometown of Flint, and recently, pastoring Charity United Methodist Church.

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Meanwhile, their Missouri hometown appears to be on the brink of chaos.

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On Sunday, Saban said he often writes letters to the editors of his hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times.

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Darren Deon Vann's hometown has 10,000 abandoned houses, more than enough for him to hide six bodies.

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Hometown, owing to some early local faction, is divided into two sections, forming two distinct towns.

Pastoral Days |William Hamilton Gibson
The trails and by-paths were as familiar to him as the streets of his hometown are to a boy of to-day.

With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga |W. Bert Foster
Amos Shoopegg is a type of a large class of the native element of Hometown.

Pastoral Days |William Hamilton Gibson
The old homestead is situated in the heart of Hometown, fronting on the main street.

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But my other waitresses wanted to get back to their hometown, and they left early—before we did.

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