hometown

• home town

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^[1]:

     “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

• hometowner
• hometownish

• townhome