Hometown

Definitions

1. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
2. Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
   attributive

Equivalents

Examples

“These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]”

““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⟳.””

“Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.”

“hometown decision, hometown verdict”

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