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homemade

[hohm-meyd] / ˈhoʊmˈmeɪd /
ADJECTIVE
made in the home
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He said proudly that when Laura met Sweden’s King Carl Gustav XVI, she was wearing a homemade dress.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Many of Mr. Coppola’s recollections are sensory: roasted peppers, his grandma’s sizzling meatballs, a neighbor’s homemade wine sweetened with peaches—“smells and tastes that intoxicate me to this day.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Vietnam veteran Millard Elston, twice widowed, created the phone and the homemade bench where it sits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Maybe it’s homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches made on pillowy Wonder Bread, with the crusts cut off.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

Some of the men played a “Discord Fantasia” on homemade instruments, setting the dogs outside howling.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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